soloist
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Created in 1961 for a female soloist, it was later adapted in 1979 for the Argentine star dancer Jorge Donn, Bejart's partner.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
“Amadeus” relies heavy on monologues, and Mays is not only a crack ensemble player but also a master soloist.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
He initially went back to the piano, but found the life of a concert soloist rather lonely, so he gravitated toward conducting and making music with an entire orchestra.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
The recently promoted soloist expanded his choreography’s bounding and spinning challenges into a dimension all his own—when sprung in the air, he hung there, still; when grounded by turns, he rotated like some serene tornado.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
In Handel’s London, the vogue for adult soloist castrati was short-lived, and Italian-style opera itself soon came up against stiff competition in the shape of what we would today call jukebox musicals.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
