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Concertmaster
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Concertmaster 

(1) The first violinist of an orchestra; performs the violin solos and sometimes replaces the conductor at rehearsals. In 18th-century instrumental chamber groups, the concertmaster served as conductor.

(2) The leader of one of the string groups in an orchestra (violas, cellos, basses).

(3) A pianist who accompanies vocalists during their concert performances and helps them prepare their parts.
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Haydn later recommended him as his successor to the prestigious position of Konzertmeister at the Esterhazy palace, Eisenstadt, where Hummel wrote the Mass in E flat major, Op.
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Apart from holding posts in the service of the Prussian Queen Sophie in Berlin and as Kammermusiker and later Konzertmeister to Duke Charles Phillip of Neuberg, he travelled all around Europe.
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Espinosa was enrolled for a time at the Royal Conservatory in Milan, studied with the celebrated conductor Felix Weingartner in Basel, and graduated with the title of Konzertmeister from the prestigious Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin.
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