virtuoso

How to use virtuoso in a sentence

• As someone who hardly slowed down since he first picked up the trumpet in his early teens and became a standout in the jazz scene of the ’60s, the jazz virtuoso would finally come of age at 32 with this album.

  Lee Morgan’s ‘Live at the Lighthouse’ was a masterpiece that turned out to be a farewell | Shannon J. Effinger | August 27, 2021 | Washington Post

• I’ll give you one from “Scenario,” which is a virtuoso, astounding piece of pure writing.

  S.J. Perelman was a master of comedy. Nearly a century later, his work still delivers laughs. | Donald Liebenson | August 25, 2021 | Washington Post

• The guitar virtuoso also allegedly lent a van to a band that is performing throughout the United Kingdom to protest restrictions.

  Eric Clapton refuses to play at venues requiring proof of vaccination for audience | Timothy Bella | July 22, 2021 | Washington Post

• At 12, he founded his first group, the Band Busters, which played on radio and at dances and included 14-year-old clarinet virtuoso Buddy DeFranco, who became a major jazz star.

  Elliot Lawrence, 1940s bandleader who conducted Tony Award shows, dies at 96 | Matt Schudel | July 21, 2021 | Washington Post

• Featuring 84 regional artists and juried by virtuoso local printmaker Susan Goldman, the show is available only online, both as individual artworks and a virtual walk-through.

  In the galleries: Artists sport their chops with prints on the cutting edge | Mark Jenkins | March 19, 2021 | Washington Post