accompanist

Example Sentences

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Steven Blier was 13 when he discovered his calling as an accompanist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Not to be forgotten: associate music director and pianist Riley Brule, who transcends the role of accompanist with a few choice interjections and a sight gag involving a pair of moose antlers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

He had little success at first as a songwriter, but he became a popular arranger and accompanist, touring with Vic Damone, the Ames Brothers and Polly Stewart, who became his first wife.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2023

Before and after the bassist’s death, he worked with a number of leading musicians as an accompanist, arranger and composer.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2022

He was replaced as Anderson’s accompanist by Franz Rupp, a Jewish pianist who had fled from Nazi Germany with his family after Adolf Hitler came to power.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman