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.

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concertize British  

/ ˈkɒnsəˌtaɪz /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• concertizer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of concertize

First recorded in 1880–85; concert + -ize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

concertize concertized concertizing

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, 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—and 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

Given her skill at live looping and solo concertizing, it’s a treat to hear her in bandleader mode.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

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

From the beginning of his concertizing career, when he was in his teens, Gould feared and hated the audience.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 3, 2015

Maude Powell, noted American violinist, made her début on her return from European study and concertizing, under Theodore Thomas, at Orange, N. J. On Dec.

From Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events by Lahee, Henry Charles