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
She played with a Buddha-like calm, alleviating Beethovenian angst with a kind of exquisite pianistic deep breathing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
Although the source material changed, the fundamental Jamal style remained the appealing sound it had always been, enhanced by growingly rhapsodic pianistic touches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2023
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
The style was made famous in Harlem by the pianistic wizard James P. Johnson, a quintessential stride performance of his being ‘Harlem Strut’ of 1921.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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