pianist
noun
pi·a·nist
pē-ˈa-nist 
ˈpē-ə-
ˈpē-ə-
: a person who plays the piano
especially
: a skilled or professional performer on the piano
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The stars include Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel), the owner of Double K Ranch who is struggling after the death of his wife and son, and Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly), a former concert pianist who returns to her hometown to run Gracie’s, the local dance hall and bar.
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Francesca Gariano, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Staten is good at getting in his own way, though, so Quinn ‒ a part-time bar owner, part-time lavender farmer and part-time concert pianist, because why not? ‒ is pushed into the arms of Davis (Eoin Macken), Staten's brother-in-law.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
By that time, the juke joint has also picked up four more employees: a drunken pianist nicknamed Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), a field hand-slash-bouncer called Cornbread (Omar Benson Miller) and Bo and Grace Chao (Yao and Li Jun Li), a married couple who run the town’s grocery stores.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Loading your audio article From a high-flying, world-class pianist to a roomful of blues legends and the return of Zorro (in a new opera), there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Francesca Gariano, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Staten is good at getting in his own way, though, so Quinn ‒ a part-time bar owner, part-time lavender farmer and part-time concert pianist, because why not? ‒ is pushed into the arms of Davis (Eoin Macken), Staten's brother-in-law.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
By that time, the juke joint has also picked up four more employees: a drunken pianist nicknamed Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), a field hand-slash-bouncer called Cornbread (Omar Benson Miller) and Bo and Grace Chao (Yao and Li Jun Li), a married couple who run the town’s grocery stores.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Loading your audio article From a high-flying, world-class pianist to a roomful of blues legends and the return of Zorro (in a new opera), there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Pianist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pianist. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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