concertmaster

[kon-sert-mas-ter, -mah-ster]

noun

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

concertmaster

/ ˈkɒnsətˌmɑːstə /

noun

1. a US and Canadian word for leader

Word History and Origins

Origin of concertmaster¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.”

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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.

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

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The Berlin Philharmonic, one of the world’s great ensembles, hired its first female concertmaster last year.

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