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n.

One who plays the piano.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person who plays the piano
  Synonym: piano player

 
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For other uses, see Pianist (disambiguation).

A pianist (/'piənɪst/) is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.

A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical composers were also virtuoso pianists including: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Carl Maria von Weber, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Johannes Brahms, Ferruccio Busoni, Anton Rubinstein, Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Joseph-Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.

Most western forms of music can make use of the piano. Consequently, pianists have a wide variety of repertoire and styles to choose from, including jazz, classical music, and all sorts of popular music.

Below is a list of well-known or influential contemporary pianists of different genres:

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Classical pianists

Pop and rock music pianists

Jazz pianists

Blues pianists

Country pianists

Gospel pianists

New Age pianists


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pianist

Nederlands (Dutch)
pianist

Français (French)
n. - pianiste

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pianist

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πιανίστας

Italiano (Italian)
pianista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pianista

Русский (Russian)
пианист

Español (Spanish)
n. - pianista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pianist

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
钢琴家, 钢琴演奏家

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鋼琴家, 鋼琴演奏家

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 피아니스트

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ピアニスト

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عازف بيانو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פסנתרן‬

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