virtuoso

It was a love triangle that would change music history: the great and tortured Robert Schumann; his virtuoso wife, Clara; and a young, unknown Johannes Brahms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Eblis is definitely the virtuoso component of this marriage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

He has scored eight goals in seven games - two goals behind tournament top scorer Mbappe - and has carried Argentina into the final with a series of virtuoso performances.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Ibrahimovic would also post a video of himself and Henry doing some virtuoso juggling as Lalas stood idly by, the implication being that the two guys who call it football know what they’re doing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Greater shape and clarity, of course, was what the fledgling record industry preferred to long-winded periods of virtuoso meandering.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Paradoxically this most Australian of scientists probably could not have flourished in his native country, with its passion for putting ambitious virtuosi in their place—also known as “cutting down the tall poppies.”

From Scientific American ● May 26, 2020

Therapists would help people become virtuosi of their psyches, exquisitely tuned to each fine gradation of inner suffering, managing their emotional lives to protect themselves against incursion.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2018

This weekend he’ll take that premise to a grander setting, working with two younger virtuosi, the clarinetist Anat Cohen and the guitarist Julian Lage.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2016

The line at El Canelo is long, the cleaver men are virtuosi, and the tab, $1 for each small taco, is extremely low.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2014

The idea of bending the instrument is attributed to Giovanni or Giuseppe Ferlendis of Bergamo,3 brothers and virtuosi on the oboe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

The wider public discovered Monroe, sporting long braided hair, in a TV talent show dedicated to young classical music virtuosos.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

And it’s all thanks to $150,000 pieces of technology—and the fast-twitch virtuosos who pilot them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

He thinks of composer Michael Giacchino “onstage with those virtuosos at their respective instruments; we work with masters all around us, so we have a lot of trust in them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

In the 20th century, white artists like Earl Scruggs, who popularized the bluegrass genre were largely seen as banjo virtuosos for their unique playing style.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024

Stroke victims who have lost the ability to speak, for example, are virtuosos, because their infirmity has forced them to become far more sensitive to the information written on people’s faces.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell