violinist

[ vahy-uh-lin-ist ]

/ ˌvaɪ əˈlɪn ɪst /

a person who plays the violin.

Origin of violinist

From the Italian word violinista, dating back to 1660–70. See violin, -ist

Sargeant had served as a violinist with the New York Philharmonic.

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Lindsey Stirling, a violinist, won an award for a remix of a Psy song she performed with an a capella group.

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Northup was born in the New York town of Minerva in 1808, and held numerous jobs upstate, one of which was a violinist.

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Only that the man was a violinist thirty years ago, and that he called himself Amaru.

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There is real meaning, speaking of the violinist's tone, in the phrase 'he has it at his fingers' tips.'

Violin Mastery |Frederick H. Martens
In this portrait you have a specimen of the violinist as a piano teacher.

Piano and Song |Friedrich Wieck
Paganini's peculiar method of treating the violin has never been regarded as a safe school for any other violinist to follow.

Great Violinists And Pianists |George T. Ferris
If the violinist's art is truly a great art, it cannot come to fruition in the artist's 'teens.

Violin Mastery |Frederick H. Martens

violinist

/ (ˌvaɪəˈlɪnɪst) /

a person who plays the violin