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concerto

[kuhn-cher-toh, kawn-cher-taw] / kənˈtʃɛr toʊ, kɔnˈtʃɛr tɔ /


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In “Murmurs of Time,” Hussain created a kind of tabla concerto.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

The Bonis piece I had never heard, and the delightful Saint-Saëns concerto I am not competent to judge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

And, at one point midpiece, it sounded as though one of the pianists was making a grand entrance to a Rachmaninoff concerto amid the beautiful roaring din.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Before the concerto, Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” was performed as a “prayer for victory,” the U.S. having entered World War II.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

July 5—I dedicated my first piano concerto to Fay.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes