violist

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Recent Examples of violist The season’s artistic partners include Nagy, pianist Richard Goode, cellist Abel Selaocoe, violist Tabea Zimmermann and violinist Alina Ibragimova, who returns for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in her first performances since being named an artistic partner in 2026. Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026 The quartet also features violinist Sindri Lederer, violist Andrea Berger and pianist Antonia Koster. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026 The principal flutist of the San Diego Symphony, Lombardo will be joined by such talented musicians as symphony violinist Tiffany Wee and Hausmann Quartet violist Angela Choong. Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 The film tells the story of a violist haunted by visions of her future self. Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026 The live musical performance will attempt to mirror that effect using a new technology that generates electronic sounds and lights created by measuring, in real time, the brain activity of the performing violist. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025 Davis is a professional violist whose estranged pastor father dies on the same day as his wedding to Everett, a white man from a wealthy family. Lauren Morrow september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025 Featured on the album are violinist and violist Macie Stewart, cellist Ben Whiteley, upright bassist Nick Macri, and woodwinds player Hunter Diamond. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violist
Noun
  • Lavers is riding with the same crew as the first go-around, which includes his partner McGrory, who sings under the alias Colle, and the violinist Zachary Paul.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
  • He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Drones and water choreography, acrobats, and a floating pianist paired with over-the-top performances by Leona Lewis and opera singer Joseph Calleja transformed the night into a spectacle.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
  • The Fremont software engineer and entrepreneur has carved out a bustling career as a jazz pianist, a realm where children of the Great Depression share the bandstand with Gen Z teenagers.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Principal oboist Jennifer Corning Lucio and principal cellist Allan Steele found a happy medium in between, Steele dispatching flashy writing with particularly impressive aplomb.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Also on the program was popular jazz pianist Danny Green, a fine pairing of flutist Elena Yarritu with pianist Cho-Hyun Park, and a cool duo of John Offerkuch on piano with Ian Harland on vibes.
    Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • The core group now augments itself with the bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone, trombonist Weston Olencki, and, for the first time in the band’s history, vocals.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026
  • Rollins and his two older siblings were all introduced to music early by their father, who was a clarinetist.
    Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • On The Mountain The duo Dyad — violinist Niv Ashkenazi and bassoonist Leah Kohn — performs their own arrangements of selections from Ernest Bloch, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolo Paganini, Irving Berlin, Bruce Babcock, Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saëns and George Gershwin.
    Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Richards will perform with guitarist Lenny Smith with the Lenny Smith Project.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The headliners are The Breaks, a jazz/funk/roots super-trio of sorts featuring Galactic drummer Stanton Moore, Greyboy Allstars organist Robert Walter, and New Mastersounds guitarist Eddie Roberts.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Playing bass in his place is Rob Jost, while harpist Mikaela Davis hops on a few tracks for levity, too.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Now, local harpist and songwriter Calvin Arsenia is working to ensure that legacy continues.
    J.M. Banks June 25, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

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“Violist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violist. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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