young turk
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With his scholarship stipend, he took a series of private lessons with the redoubtable experimental saxophonist-composer Roscoe Mitchell — not the usual allocation of resources, for a young turk flush with success.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2015
Made in 1968, when Mr. Kosuth was a young turk of Conceptualism, it consists of the dictionary definition of “holly,” cut out and pasted to a piece of paper.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2014
Mr. Calvani, known as a shocking young turk in Europe, has come up with a classic exercise in avant-garde theater that might have been written 50 years ago.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2012
The brilliant young chef Christophe Moret has left the Restaurant Alain Ducasse to take over at Lasserre, a Jackie O.-vintage glam table in the Eighth and has been replaced by the young turk Christophe Saintagne.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2010
