pianistic
Americanadjective
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Even so, the gloom of Rachmaninoff’s final major work was dispensed by pure pianistic spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
One of the things that stands out to me about her pianistic excellence is the subtle yet virtuosic quality in the development of her solos.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023
Frogs croak, a skylark soars above all in dazzling pianistic glitter, grasshopper warblers rattle as their names suggest, and one reed warbler enters into a rapturous contrapuntal duet with another.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2021
At age 76, this piano eminence and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master remains an exemplar of pianistic intellect and poise.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2019
Compared to the music of his teacher Haydn or to Mozart, it seems much more dramatic and pianistic, almost to the point of theatricality, than anything they had written for the same instrument.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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