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Virtuosos
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Definition
virtuoso /vɜ:tʃu'ǝƱzǝƱ, -'ǝƱsǝƱ/ n ( pl virtuosos or virtuosi /-zi:, -si:/ ) ၁။ ပါရဂူ။ ၿပိဳင္စံရွား။ a cello virtuoso ❍ a virtuoso pianist ❍ jazz virtuosos. ၂။ အံ့ဖြယ္သရဲ။ ၿပိဳင္စံရွား။ a virtuoso display/performance. ❏ virtuosity /vɜ:tʃu'ɒsǝti/ n [U] အံ့မခန္း စြမ္းရည္ျပသမႈ။ orchestral/technical virtuosity ❍ a display of breathtaking/dazzling virtuosity.
Examples
- ‘Johan becomes a virtuoso of classical music
- a driving force who cannot be ignored.’
- ‘Walker began his musical career as a virtuoso pianist
- with composing and teaching work coming later.’
- ‘It also excludes music for virtuoso display in the large concert hall
- even though only a few instruments may be involved.’
- ‘He's an extraordinary fiddle player with a virtuoso technique married to musical mind that won't take anything for granted.’
- ‘It is not enough to see the painting as a virtuoso manipulation of historical styles.’
- ‘Such virtuoso
- highly finished bronze groups can be seen as the last gasp of the great tradition of Florentine art.’
- ‘This virtuoso short story collection is emotionally uncompromising and stylistically daring.’
- ‘Masters like Sorolla
- Bouguereau
- Zorn and Repin were painting virtuosos.’
- ‘However
- there are so few viola concerti - especially by major composers - that virtuosi seemed driven to perform it anyway.’
- ‘Is it a study
- which is unusual for copper
- or an exercise in virtuoso brushwork
- for which it seems unusually small?’
- ‘All this music needs is a virtuoso with technique to burn and a grand array of tonal colors.’
- ‘The next week they toured Europe with a Bartok third quartet that had virtuoso fiddlers agape with admiration.’
- ‘The title makes obvious reference to basketball
- a sport of virtuoso movement.’
- ‘With them
- the concerto moves from the virtuoso star turn to distinguished collaboration.’
- ‘The work is a sophisticated
- synoptic genre piece
- its composition and bravura brushwork invoking forerunners from flashy late Mannerists to late Baroque virtuosos such as Crespi or Piazzetta.’
- ‘Now the virtuoso guitarist/composer's classical roots are calling him back.’
- ‘Something else they share is that neither is recognised as a virtuoso showpiece for the pianist.’
- ‘He joins the illustrious ranks of blind virtuosos
- alongside renowned organists and other musicians who have triumphed against physical handicap.’
- ‘The musicians from the Laureate trio staged a virtuoso performance at a concert marking the launching of their new album on Monday.’
- ‘Puritan writers in New England were virtuosos of the genre.’