Pianist
noun
A person who plays the piano.
She is a highly skilled pianist.
Often appears as...
- classical pianist
- professional pianist
noun
A person who plays the piano.
She is a highly skilled pianist.
Often appears as...
- classical pianist
- professional pianist
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Pro Tip 1/3Musical Expertise
Refers to someone with specific skill or training in playing the piano, not a casual player.
The young pianist captivated the audience with her expertise.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Context
Often used to imply that the person earns a living by playing the piano, especially in formal settings.
As a professional pianist, he has performed in concerts worldwide.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Connotation
Pianists are sometimes stereotypically seen as highly cultured and educated in arts.
The dinner party featured a classically trained pianist to entertain the guests.
Pro Tip 1/3Musical Expertise
Refers to someone with specific skill or training in playing the piano, not a casual player.
The young pianist captivated the audience with her expertise.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Context
Often used to imply that the person earns a living by playing the piano, especially in formal settings.
As a professional pianist, he has performed in concerts worldwide.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Connotation
Pianists are sometimes stereotypically seen as highly cultured and educated in arts.
The dinner party featured a classically trained pianist to entertain the guests.
Pro Tip 1/3Musical Expertise
Refers to someone with specific skill or training in playing the piano, not a casual player.
The young pianist captivated the audience with her expertise.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Context
Often used to imply that the person earns a living by playing the piano, especially in formal settings.
As a professional pianist, he has performed in concerts worldwide.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Connotation
Pianists are sometimes stereotypically seen as highly cultured and educated in arts.
The dinner party featured a classically trained pianist to entertain the guests.
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Derek Paravicini and...
Fantastic. Well done, Derek. So you see, in your brain, Derek, is this amazing musical computer that can instantly recalibrate, recalculate, all the pieces in the world that are out there. Most pianists would have a heart attack if you said, "Sorry, do you mind playing 'Flight of the Bumblebee'
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The Secret of Musical...
their brains while they're doing musical things lim has examined lots of impressive musicians we were able to scan the brain of gabriella montero the amazing venezuelan pianist who can improvise an entire classical music concert you know night after night she does the second half of
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Philip Howard: Four ways...
about their judgments, studies show you will make them make worse judgments. If you tell the pianist to think about how she's hitting the notes when she's playing the piece, she can't play the piece. Self-consciousness is the enemy of accomplishment. Edison stated it best. He said,
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The transformative power...
which is why I call it one-buttock playing. It can be the other buttock. You know, a gentleman was once watching a presentation I was doing, when I was working with a young pianist. He was the president of a corporation in Ohio. I was working with this young pianist, and said,
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Why some of us don't...
and we bring everything we've learned to every new area we pursue, so we're rarely starting from scratch. Nora Dunn is a full-time traveler and freelance writer. As a child concert pianist, she honed an incredible ability to develop muscle memory.
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Love and hormones PIPE...
this world would agree with that another example would be ylang-ylang the concert pianist dare dazzling Flair charisma youthful barato bravado daredevil extremes these are two very different personalities but they've got the same
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Jennifer Lin:...
It's called "Kaleidoscope." And Hofmann is a Polish pianist and composer of the late 19th century, and he's widely considered one of the greatest pianists of all time. I have another piece that I'd like to play for you.
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Ben Dunlap: The...
in the last year of the composer's life. He was dying of leukemia and he knew it, and he dedicated this concerto to his wife, Dita, who was herself a concert pianist.
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Trusting the ensemble -...
my name is Nicolas McAfee I'm 22 and I'm a left-handed pianist and I was born
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Charity Tillemann-Dick:...
Thank you. Thank you. And I'd like to thank my pianist, Monica Lee.
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Derek Paravicini and...
Fantastic. Well done, Derek. So you see, in your brain, Derek, is this amazing musical computer that can instantly recalibrate, recalculate, all the pieces in the world that are out there. Most pianists would have a heart attack if you said, "Sorry, do you mind playing 'Flight of the Bumblebee'
Video examples
The Secret of Musical...
their brains while they're doing musical things lim has examined lots of impressive musicians we were able to scan the brain of gabriella montero the amazing venezuelan pianist who can improvise an entire classical music concert you know night after night she does the second half of
Video examples
Philip Howard: Four ways...
about their judgments, studies show you will make them make worse judgments. If you tell the pianist to think about how she's hitting the notes when she's playing the piece, she can't play the piece. Self-consciousness is the enemy of accomplishment. Edison stated it best. He said,
Video examples
The transformative power...
which is why I call it one-buttock playing. It can be the other buttock. You know, a gentleman was once watching a presentation I was doing, when I was working with a young pianist. He was the president of a corporation in Ohio. I was working with this young pianist, and said,
Video examples
Why some of us don't...
and we bring everything we've learned to every new area we pursue, so we're rarely starting from scratch. Nora Dunn is a full-time traveler and freelance writer. As a child concert pianist, she honed an incredible ability to develop muscle memory.
Video examples
Love and hormones PIPE...
this world would agree with that another example would be ylang-ylang the concert pianist dare dazzling Flair charisma youthful barato bravado daredevil extremes these are two very different personalities but they've got the same
Video examples
Jennifer Lin:...
It's called "Kaleidoscope." And Hofmann is a Polish pianist and composer of the late 19th century, and he's widely considered one of the greatest pianists of all time. I have another piece that I'd like to play for you.
Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
in the last year of the composer's life. He was dying of leukemia and he knew it, and he dedicated this concerto to his wife, Dita, who was herself a concert pianist.
Video examples
Trusting the ensemble -...
my name is Nicolas McAfee I'm 22 and I'm a left-handed pianist and I was born
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Charity Tillemann-Dick:...
Thank you. Thank you. And I'd like to thank my pianist, Monica Lee.
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Alaina Huffman
Canadian Actress
I grew up in this industry. I'm a third generation actor, and I believe strongly that life and career are two different things. Career is inside my life. I'm also a photographer, a pianist, and lots of different things, so my life consists of so many different elements that there are moments when I have to step away and be me.
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Alexandra Daddario
American Actress
When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my resume with everything I had ever done - ice-skate, carry a tune. I can't dance for my life, but I can learn, so I'll tell people I can dance. I play the piano - I'm a really good pianist, actually.
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Birdy
English Musician
My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing my own songs, and kinda started putting piano and singing together. But I'm trained classically, which is a big influence on me, I think.
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Athol Fugard
South African Playwright
From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father. He was a jazz pianist and also a very good storyteller, an avid reader. He passed both those interests on to me.
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Christopher Plummer
Canadian Actor
When I was young, I played the piano and studied classical music and jazz. I wanted to be a concert pianist, and if I'd devoted myself to it, I could have been. But it would have been too much work and a very lonely life.
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Ayushmann Khurrana
Indian Actor
Andhadhun' is the most challenging film and character. For playing the role, first and foremost I had to learn how to play the piano and then how to emulate gestures of a blind pianist.
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Dove Cameron
American Actress
My mother is a poet/novelist, and my father was a pianist and cook. Both artists who colored my personality and brain in ways I'm still discovering!
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Carla Bruni
Italian Musician
My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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Nat Wolff
American Actor
Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.
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Jeff Buckley
American Musician
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
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Alaina Huffman
Canadian Actress
I grew up in this industry. I'm a third generation actor, and I believe strongly that life and career are two different things. Career is inside my life. I'm also a photographer, a pianist, and lots of different things, so my life consists of so many different elements that there are moments when I have to step away and be me.
Quote examples
Alexandra Daddario
American Actress
When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my resume with everything I had ever done - ice-skate, carry a tune. I can't dance for my life, but I can learn, so I'll tell people I can dance. I play the piano - I'm a really good pianist, actually.
Quote examples
Birdy
English Musician
My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing my own songs, and kinda started putting piano and singing together. But I'm trained classically, which is a big influence on me, I think.
Quote examples
Athol Fugard
South African Playwright
From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father. He was a jazz pianist and also a very good storyteller, an avid reader. He passed both those interests on to me.
Quote examples
Christopher Plummer
Canadian Actor
When I was young, I played the piano and studied classical music and jazz. I wanted to be a concert pianist, and if I'd devoted myself to it, I could have been. But it would have been too much work and a very lonely life.
Quote examples
Ayushmann Khurrana
Indian Actor
Andhadhun' is the most challenging film and character. For playing the role, first and foremost I had to learn how to play the piano and then how to emulate gestures of a blind pianist.
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Dove Cameron
American Actress
My mother is a poet/novelist, and my father was a pianist and cook. Both artists who colored my personality and brain in ways I'm still discovering!
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Carla Bruni
Italian Musician
My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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Nat Wolff
American Actor
Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.
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Jeff Buckley
American Musician
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
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