Definition of "virtuoso" []

• A musician with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. (noun)
• A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts. (noun)
• A person with a strong interest in the fine arts, especially in antiquities. (noun)
• Archaic A very learned person. (noun)
• Exhibiting the ability, technique, or personal style of a virtuoso: a virtuoso performance. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Mr. Hamelin finds the word "virtuoso," which is invariably applied to his playing, a somewhat derogatory descriptive that implies mere showmanship, he said during a recent interview in a practice room at Mannes."
• "Jourdan Urbach, a violin virtuoso who discovered when he was performing in hospitals at seven years old that music could stimulate the brain and spark healing in children with neurological problems."
• "Segerstrom will also host German violin virtuoso Julia Fischer on the 12th and Les Violins du Roy in a Baroque program on the 20th."