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concertize

American  
[kon-ser-tahyz] / ˈkɒn sərˌtaɪz /
especially British, concertise

verb (used without object)

concertized, concertizing
  1. to give concerts or recitals professionally, especially on tour.


concertize British  
/ ˈkɒnsəˌtaɪz /

verb

  1. (intr) (esp of a soloist or conductor) to give concerts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of concertize

First recorded in 1880–85; concert + -ize

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Fleming said she would continue to concertize, and left open the possibility of returning to staged opera for new pieces written with her in mind.

From New York Times Mar. 20, 2022

Teave said she would like to travel a bit more to concertize.

From New York Times Feb. 26, 2021

She continued to concertize in Germany and other European countries, even though the communist authorities looked at her askance.

From Washington Post May 18, 2017

Again he must work and again he must concertize.

From Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression by Cooke, James Francis

So we advertise and concertize and have silver vases and costly flowers and conventional ecclesiastical furniture.

From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker

He concertized and recorded nonstop for a full five decades.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2022

Martin also concertized as a pianist, harpsichordist and conductor, living in Zurich, Rome and Paris.

From New York Times May 25, 2018

Translated into more than 50 languages—Arabic to Zulu—and depicted by artists from Dali to Disney, “Alice” has been concertized, dramatized, and filmed.

From National Geographic Jul. 2, 2015

Translated into more than 50 languages—Arabic to Zulu, depicted by artists from Dali to Disney, “Alice” has been concertized, dramatized, and filmed.

From National Geographic Jul. 2, 2015

Then I began my career, and concertized all over Europe; now I am in America for a time.

From Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers by Brower, Harriette

He stopped making commercial records in the last two decades of his concertizing, which ended in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2022

Naturally, given the nature of COVID-19 spread, choral groups are the wariest about returning to concertizing, but this group is still on board for its Oct.

From Seattle Times Sep. 14, 2021

“Years ago I used to watch Victor Borge, still concertizing in his 80s,” he said of another brilliant and formative classical music humorist.

From New York Times Dec. 16, 2015

And he feels that stagefright is a betrayal of what should be the spirit of concertizing.

From The New Yorker Aug. 3, 2015

He resigned from his post in 1903 in order to devote himself entirely to composition and concertizing, living principally in Beattenberg, Switzerland, and in Paris.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul

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