virtuosity

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virtuoso
noun[ C ]
us/ˌvɜr·tʃuˈoʊ·soʊ/pluralvirtuosos
a person who is extremely skilled at something, especially at playing an instrument or performing:
Famous mainly for his wonderful voice, Cole was also a virtuoso on the piano.

virtuoso

adjective[ not gradable ]us/ˌvɜr·tʃuˈoʊ·soʊ/
The world’s greatest tenor treated us to a virtuoso display of his abundant talent.

Examples of virtuoso

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She pours herself into the music in a manner reminiscent of many seventeenth- and eighteenth-century virtuosos; it was compelling then and remains so now.
What then did these virtuosi make of the visual arts, and painting in particular?
Possibly this is because the virtuosi did not always think or behave in ways that one might expect from a connoisseur.
Where it is part of treatment (with the exception of the elite virtuosi activity of surgery), it is often delivered by lesser practitioners like physiotherapists or nurses.
Who then were the virtuosi?
The virtuoso had transformed the way a student was playing through suggestion, never giving any direct instructions.
The last virtuoso passage leads to the final cadence of bars 180-181, which is very interesting from a structural point of view.
A virtuoso cadenza for the leader attracts the attention of the other frontdesk strings, and they're soon joined by their sections.
Nothing less than a virtuoso orchestra can do justice to this music.
She is more than a virtuoso; she is a heroine.
They could serve as visual reminders of ancient and modern "worthies" whose lives and works remained an inspiration to the virtuoso collector.
He was a wilful virtuoso, yet an artful manager of men, happy to trade on the superstition of others.
The seventeenth century was not so much a period of technical innovation as a period of virtuoso carving based on tools and techniques already developed.
To be sure, artistic practice itself was not seen to be demeaning or unbecoming of a virtuoso.
However, the current movement is not just remarkable for its virtuoso treatment of formal and generic expectation: the material is captivating throughout.
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