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Recent Examples of soloist
Blackpink’s Jennie is no stranger to the Billboard charts, having already landed several hits as both a soloist and a member of one of the biggest girl groups in the world.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Jennie Joins a Small Group of K-Pop Soloists When looking at all K-pop soloists, Jennie becomes just the fourth to place on the Adult Pop Airplay chart.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The ensemble, under the baton of its music director, Gianandrea Noseda, performed Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2, with Leonidas Kavakos as the soloist.
—Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
This is about great music, a great program, a great conductor, and outstanding soloists.
—Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Jennie Joins a Small Group of K-Pop Soloists When looking at all K-pop soloists, Jennie becomes just the fourth to place on the Adult Pop Airplay chart.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The ensemble, under the baton of its music director, Gianandrea Noseda, performed Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2, with Leonidas Kavakos as the soloist.
—Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
This is about great music, a great program, a great conductor, and outstanding soloists.
—Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soloist
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Anoushka’s accompanist that night was Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s foremost tabla drum players.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The series is organized by McDaniel, a veteran Broadway music director and accompanist who also oversees the Cabaret & Performance conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Dec. 2024
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Staten is good at getting in his own way, though, so Quinn ‒ a part-time bar owner, part-time lavender farmer and part-time concert pianist, because why not? ‒ is pushed into the arms of Davis (Eoin Macken), Staten's brother-in-law.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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The stars include Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel), the owner of Double K Ranch who is struggling after the death of his wife and son, and Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly), a former concert pianist who returns to her hometown to run Gracie’s, the local dance hall and bar.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Also on the bill: R&B powerhouse Ledisi; actor and singer Leslie Odom Jr.; and guitar virtuoso Orianthi; as well as previously announced performer, composer and bandleader Jon Batiste.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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He’s earned international esteem as a bandleader and collaborator with other singular artists like Afro-Swiss harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret, Japanese piano star Hiromi, and Cuban reed great Paquito D’Rivera.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Produced by flutist Jane Lenoir and percussionist Brian Rice, half of the Berkeley Choro Ensemble, the festival focuses on bringing the finest musicians from Brazil to the Bay Area.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Many of those songs and others are in the musical (a booklet in the Playbill introduces each one, with illustrations by the flutist Hery Paz), along with most of those musicians and singers.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Before that, a preconcert panel of Price scholars and current CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery discussed the symphonist’s remarkable life and even more remarkable music.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2022
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A decade after basing a whole festival on Bruckner and minimalist master John Adams, Franz Welser-Most Thursday night at Severance Music Center juxtaposed the grand Austrian symphonist with Arnold Schoenberg, the father of serialism.—
Zachary Lewis,
cleveland,
25 Feb. 2022
Noun
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The first iteration of Jokic, from Adelman’s point of view, was the emergence of a modern post-up maestro.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2025
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N’Golo — more passing, defensive midfielders who win the ball and break up the opposing attacks as soon as possible and pass to the maestros in front, Cesc, Oscar, Pedro, (Eden) Hazard, these guys.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Laron was a Veterans Administration draftsman who played the piano and harmonica, while Irene was a church pianist and organist.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
24 Feb. 2025
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He’s learned over the years there are nuances to being a sports organist that many traditional musicians don’t know.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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The 14-track album reunites Cooper with guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neil Smith.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Brandon Goldberg Trio, featuring jazz bassist Vincent Dupont and drummer Aaron Kimmel, will be presented by the annual Miami International Piano Festival, which this season has hosted more than 20 live recitals by pianists from around the world.—
Steve Rothaus,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Soloist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soloist. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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