concertmaster

American  

[kon-sert-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈkɒn sərtˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /

noun

1. the leader of the first violins in a symphony orchestra, who is usually also the assistant to the conductor.

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concertmaster British  

/ ˈkɒnsətˌmɑːstə /

noun

1. a US and Canadian word for leader

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Etymology

Origin of concertmaster

1875–80; translation of German Konzertmeister. See concert (noun), master

Example Sentences

A Chicago-based violinist, Mulcahy serves as the concertmaster of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, and has to regularly make the roughly 700-mile flight between Illinois and Kansas as a result.

From MarketWatch

His father, Luis, served as the concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colón.

From Los Angeles Times

So did principal cellist Robert deMaine’s solo offering from the prelude to Bach Cello Suite No. 1 and associate concertmaster Bing Wang’s solo from the beginning of the Max Richter arrangement of “Spring” from Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.”

From Los Angeles Times

Tying the day together, the Vienna Philharmonic concertmaster that morning was a 27-year-old Muslim violinist from Nazareth, Yamen Saadi, who who got his start at age 10 in the Divan.

From Los Angeles Times

Her father, Joseph Fuchs, was a violinist and concertmaster with the city’s orchestra and later a longtime teacher at Juilliard.

From New York Times