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The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library presents its 2025 Summer Festival with pianist Gustavo Romero playing the music of Rachmaninoff at 4 p.m. Sundays, July 13, 20 and 27, at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla.
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
The daughter of a gospel jazz singer and pianist, Akili Ni Mali first gravitated toward music.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa, found dead in New Mexico
The 95-year-old Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, along with their dog, were found dead by the Santa Fe sheriff's office on Wednesday afternoon, Reuters is reporting via USA TODAY.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Born in Argentina in 1932 to a musical family, Schifrin cut his chops as a jazz pianist in Europe before settling in America and drawing on his own skill to work first as a classical composer and then as a scorer for film and television.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
The daughter of a gospel jazz singer and pianist, Akili Ni Mali first gravitated toward music.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa, found dead in New Mexico
The 95-year-old Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, along with their dog, were found dead by the Santa Fe sheriff's office on Wednesday afternoon, Reuters is reporting via USA TODAY.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Born in Argentina in 1932 to a musical family, Schifrin cut his chops as a jazz pianist in Europe before settling in America and drawing on his own skill to work first as a classical composer and then as a scorer for film and television.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pianist
Noun
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The man — the organist and keytarist and vibes master — is Greazy Keyz.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2025
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My husband, who is sixty-nine, is also retired but freelances as a pianist and organist five or six days a week.—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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Style came mainly from soloists — especially the principal flutist Robert Langevin’s shapely contributions — and from the New York Philharmonic Chorus, directed by Malcolm J. Merriweather, which leaned into Ravel’s rich tonal colors.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Live bands and Basque flutists pirouette around gigantes and bigheads, dancers with enormous papier-mâché heads of historical figures including kings, queens and Moors.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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Draped in all-white, the Colombian star was flanked by dancers and drummers repping the colors of his native country.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
14 July 2025
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Phil Crews always wanted to be a drummer and percussionist.—
C. R. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Phil Crews always wanted to be a drummer and percussionist.—
C. R. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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The rock band Foo Fighters has let go of drummer Josh Freese, according to a note from the veteran percussionist.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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He was credited as a soloist alongside Joel Smallbone and as part of the cast of Journey to Bethlehem.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Amplification met the glaring illumination with the evening’s piano soloist, Kirill Gerstein, unnaturally dominating a sonically repressed orchestra.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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Later in the night he was joined by trumpeter Maurice Brown, and the two collaborated on a rousing, high-energy performance that was a hit among the revelers.—
Kelly Wetherille,
Footwear News,
10 July 2025
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Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, who played the Shubert Theatre in 1943 and 1947.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2025
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As delightful as the performances remain, they are overshadowed by the death of keyboardist Brent Mydland — whose drug overdose on July 26 permanently altered the trajectory of the band and sent Garcia into a dark spiral — and nightmarish management.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
3 July 2025
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She was joined by her full band, including a trumpet section and accordion, and supported by her keyboardist Albert Menendez singing Maluma’s parts.—
Olivia Petty,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2025
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“Pianist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pianist. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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