recitalist

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Recent Examples of recitalist The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition. Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recitalist
Noun
  • The second soloist is one of the dancers taking advantage of the company's partnership with the university, which gives the dancers the chance to earn a degree while working full-time.
    Courtney Cole, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Los Angeles Opera’s new music director Domingo Hindoyan will lead a program with his wife, soprano Sonya Yoncheva, as soloist.
    Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Miles Messier fades into the background as the piano accompanist.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The album was credited to Chick and featured Carey as a vocal accompanist, not the lead singer.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Other guitar virtuosos might crave at least a little downtime between concluding a Las Vegas concert residency with one band and launching a national tour with another band, not but Joe Satriani.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Also appearing on the album are American composer Elliot Cole on synthesizer, French composer Benoit Rolland on electro-acoustics and Bangladeshi tabla virtuoso Mir Naqibul Islam.
    Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Her mother had abandoned the family, and her father, a jazz pianist, was narcissistic to the point of cruelty.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The 80-year-old entertainer was slated to appear at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on Thursday, April 9, for a conversation with singer and pianist Michael Feinstein as part of the City Arts & Lectures series.
    Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The performance of the Rózsa just missed the 70th anniversary of its world premiere, the DSO then led by Walter Hendl, with the most famous violinist of the day, Jascha Heifetz.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • From the stage of Amsterdam's historic concert hall, violinist Hyunjin Cho and cellist Efstratia Chaloulakou look out over row after row of young faces illuminated by the glow of laptop screens.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026

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“Recitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recitalist. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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