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Virtuoso
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virtuoso
1. a consummate master of musical technique and artistry
2. a connoisseur, dilettante, or collector of art objects
Virtuoso 

a musician, performer, or artist who brilliantly overcomes considerable technical difficulties. The term “virtuoso” is applied primarily to music performers—instrumentalists and vocalists. The art of the virtuoso is inextricably linked with artistic inspiration, which captivates the audience and facilitates a brilliant and memorable interpretation of a work. Virtuosity allows the substance of a musical work to reach the listener with maximum completeness. However, when the performer is preoccupied with virtuosity in a one-sided manner, substance is relegated to the background and even falls victim to a demonstration of technical mastery in playing.

G. M. KOGAN
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Pianist Howard Shelley played heroically in some virtuosic solo passages but winning the accolade for sheer novelty of sound, Cynthia Millar played the ondes martinot ( a forerunner of the synthesiser ( its gliding, oscillating tones manipulated with great expression.
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He is a tasteful performer who does not try to overwhelm the music he is playing by engaging in virtuosic overkill; still, his technique is formidable, as a listen to his version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" readily reveals.
Carl Filipiak: Peripheral Vision (Geometric Records GEO-246) by Nehring, Karl W. / Sensible Sound
She found delightful diversions with songs by Faure and the beautiful Kavatine from Weber's opera Der Freischutz while Alexander introduced Max Bruch's haunting Kol Nidrei (A Jewish Prayer) and a fiendishly difficult Dance of the Elves among a generous handful of virtuosic pieces.
Suzanne Manuell at Newcastle Civic Centre Banqueting Room by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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