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US
/vɝtʃuˈoʊsoʊ/
]
[ UK /vˌɜːtjuːˈəʊsəʊ/ ]
[ UK /vˌɜːtjuːˈəʊsəʊ/ ]
NOUN
- a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
ADJECTIVE
-
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
a masterful speaker
a virtuoso performance
masterful technique
consummate skill
a consummate artist
a masterly performance of the sonata
How To Use virtuoso In A Sentence
- Intrigued, he attended a recital by the virtuoso lutenist Joseph Iadone, a member of New York Pro Musica, whose work helped bring wider attention in America to early music. James Tyler, luntenist and master of early instruments, helped preserve music of ancient era
- Some of these arias were written in a virtuoso style, with rich vocal lines and complex instrumental accompaniment; others were cantabile, meaning simpler in style and intended mainly to highlight the feelings or thoughts of a character, with little ornamentation and the instrumentation kept in the background. Epinions Recent Content for Home
- His contemporaries put him in the same league as a virtuoso pianist, too. Times, Sunday Times
- Whether you like fur or not, this was a virtuoso display of craftsmanship and imagination. Times, Sunday Times
- It was a virtuoso performance by a virtuoso artist. Times, Sunday Times
- MY DEAR FRIEND: I apply to you now, as to the greatest virtuoso of this, or perhaps any other age; one whose superior judgment and distinguishing eye hindered the King of Poland from buying a bad picture at Venice, and whose decisions in the realms of 'virtu' are final, and without appeal. Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works
- In an age before recorded music, transcriptions enabled music lovers to more easily access orchestral and operatic repertoire and virtuosos to display their wit and ferocious keyboard talent.
- The final set was a virtuoso display of spin and slice, of movement and controlled intensity mixed with enormous mental and physical fitness. The Sun
- There followed a virtuoso display of declarer play. Times, Sunday Times
- So far there has not been a virtuoso performance from England to parry the criticism. Times, Sunday Times