Concertmaster

The concertmaster is the de facto leader of the orchestra, responsible for all communications between the ensemble and the music director. ❋ PAUL PELKONEN (2011)

Prices of scores were prohibitive -- and though in such works as the Brahms symphonies, for instance, the 'concertmaster's' part should be studied from score, in its relation to the rest of the _partitura_ -- often, merely to obtain a first violin part, I had to acquire the entire set of strings. ❋ Frederick Herman Martens (1903)

Hardy, Nurit Bar-Josef, the concertmaster, and Lambert Orkis, the pianist, are frequent chamber-music partners in the Kennedy Center Chamber Players, and brought a sense of this unity to the performance. ❋ Anne Midgette (2011)

Violinist and concertmaster Margaret Batjer led most of the concertos, enforcing brisk tempi and crack ensemble work; other soloists led the rest. ❋ Rodney Punt (2011)

To begin with, violinist Darren Lowe and cellist Blair Lofgren, now concertmaster and principal cello of the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec, respectively, are former members of the RSO (Lowe was RSO concertmaster during 1975-1976, while Lofgren played with the RSO during the 1990s.) ❋ Ewillett (2009)

"She has signed my checks now for close to 20 years," says Naples Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Basham. ❋ Barbara Jepson (2011)

Board members of the Melbourne orchestra, and the ensemble's concertmaster, Wilma Smith , described Mr. VanBesien as a collaborative leader, well-liked by the musicians. ❋ Jennifer Maloney (2012)

This means that when a person is elected concertmaster, he has to hurry up and learn how to play a violin real good. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Squint and you can see a female violinist sitting next to the concertmaster, in the new outfit the orchestra introduced for its -- very few -- woman players. ❋ Anne Midgette (2011)

The concertmaster of an orchestra is always the person who sits in the first chair of the first violins. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But via connections in the classical music world, Mr. Mathew said his group was able to secure a date at Carnegie Hall and the participation of musicians like Glenn Dicterow, the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. ❋ Kimberly Chou (2011)

A new concertmaster will also be joining the orchestra relatively soon, but the conductor is not rushing that process. ❋ David Mermelstein (2011)

In addition to teaching, he played in a string quartet and was concertmaster of the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra. ❋ Matt Schudel (2011)

And concertmaster Alexander Barantschik, whom the conductor appointed, has the use of the "David" Guarneri del Gesù violin played by the legendary Jascha Heifetz. ❋ Barbara Jepson (2011)

The seasoned concertmaster embraced the first and the fourth concertos' virtuosic movements at such a breakneck pace she traded some tone for the fireworks. ❋ Rodney Punt (2011)

BARNETT: But Cleveland Orchestra associate concertmaster Amy Lee is still a little uncomfortable with the idea of playing for a noisy crowd that isnt always paying attention. ❋ Unknown (2010)