soloist

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Created in 1961 for a female soloist, it was later adapted in 1979 for the Argentine star dancer Jorge Donn, Bejart's partner.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

On the program was Cuban composer Paquito D’Rivera’s “Concerto Venezolano,” featuring the fearless improvising Venezuelan trumpet soloist Pacho Flores.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The recently promoted soloist expanded his choreography’s bounding and spinning challenges into a dimension all his own—when sprung in the air, he hung there, still; when grounded by turns, he rotated like some serene tornado.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

For these concerts, Mr. Shani programmed the composer’s two symphonies as well as his violin concerto, with Pinchas Zukerman, who has enjoyed a long association with the orchestra, as soloist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

She also became the first black vocalist to appear as a soloist with the Philharmonic Society at Philadelphia’s prestigious Academy of Music.

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