piano virtuoso
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A piano virtuoso is a pianist of exceptional technical skill and artistry.
The term implies not just mastery of difficult passages but interpretive brilliance—the ability to make the instrument sing.
Virtuosos perform demanding repertoire that would defeat lesser players: She's a piano virtuoso who made Liszt's most punishing études sound effortless.
- LisztHungarian Romantic-era pianist-composer
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- rubatoElastic musical timing
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
emotional depth · Chopin · legato · interpretation · practice hours · Horowitz · Rachmaninoff · musical prodigy · Lang Lang · cadenza · improvisation · crescendo · phrasing · dynamics · diminuendo · keyboard · staccato · Beethoven
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