How to Use pianist in a Sentence

pianist

noun
  • Roland was known in town as a very good pianist and very clever.
    — Miriam Toews, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Extra work with the school pianist paid off.
    — Theresa Walker, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • The jazz pianist and his trio perform in this livestream event.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Things got worse for the human pianist from there.
    — Adam Ozimek, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And there wasn’t room for a pianist in the band or orchestra.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The pianist that was on set with us was sort of like an actor off camera in the scene with us.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The four performers will be joined on stage by the emcee and a pianist.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
  • Faruk has been an orphan since the death of his concert-pianist mother.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Kuan conducts, and a special guest pianist is yet to be announced.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 26 May 2021
  • And on select nights, a pianist will perform on a bar’s new grand piano.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Pride is a jazz pianist who doesn't take life too seriously.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But never was there any banging, or the steely treble sound heard from too many pianists these days.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The tables had a pad of paper to submit song requests to the pianist.
    — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Bill Evans was a wonderful jazz pianist.
    — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Akron jazz pianist Theron Brown has a plan for his new releases.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2020
  • And Jean-Yves is just one of my favorite pianists on the planet.
    — cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • But something held him back—maybe just that no pianist had ever asked him for a concerto.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The pianist may introduce a new chord color.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • All the music disappeared and the pianist had hit a single note.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Her father was a jazz trombonist and her mother a pianist.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • His roommate, a classical pianist, was a total stranger—but not for long.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Bill Miler, for instance, his pianist for many years, never played over the top.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Tamami Honma is the guest pianist.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Tamami Honma is the guest pianist.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • On Saturday nights, a pianist plays.
    — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026
  • That’s typical at awards shows, but there usually isn’t a pianist next to the stage at whom to point the blame.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Parishioners’ voices filled the belly of the church with prayers and songs, led by the soaring voice of a singing pianist.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Bang wrote the book on Bay Area jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi.
    — Steve Large, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Ashni is a singer, songwriter, and pianist.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Player pianos did not put concert pianists or music teachers out of work.
    — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026

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