soloist
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This time, Leila Josefowicz was the ferocious soloist, crafting her own explosive cadenza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
This is meant not as a concerto in which the soloist stands as an individual against the masses but, rather, as a partner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The same venue will host soloist Alessandro Vazzana, a disabled musician who uses eye movements to play an innovative, software-based instrument called the Clarion.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Los Angeles Opera’s new music director Domingo Hindoyan will lead a program with his wife, soprano Sonya Yoncheva, as soloist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Think of a favorite pop or gospel tune that, near the end, has the soloist "ad libbing" while the back-up singers repeat the refrain.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
The work features four vocal soloists who represent Native American, Sephardic, African American and Protestant religious traditions, along with instrumental music based on early American hymn tunes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The second program doubled down with the premiere of David Lang’s “the wealth of nations,” a 75-minute oratorio for orchestra, chorus and two soloists, here the inimitable mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and bass-baritone Davóne Tines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Most of them call for soloists and a four-part choir, but he wrote solo cantatas as well as duos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Through the launch of the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 1978, he went on to discover soloists such as the violinist Nicola Benedetti.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Nobody was admired more than so- called free soloists: visionaries who ascended alone, without rope or hardware.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
