as in proficiency
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great ability or skill shown by a musician, performer, etc.
Her virtuosity on the piano is amazing.
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Instead of virtuosity, textual fidelity and the pursuit of excellence, music making around vulnerable people calls on a mix of ethical values and social skills — chief among them the Hippocratic injunction to do no harm.
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The director, Frederik Louis Hviid, opens the movie with a display of self-defeating virtuosity: a robbery filmed in a single take entirely from the inside of an armored van.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Working on a relatively low budget, in isolation from Hollywood, Tregenza displays a virtuosity that is fully integrated into his comprehensive cinematic vision, his finely imagined re-creation of history, and his long-gestating complex of ideas.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
Directing an Oscar-winning script by Charlie Kaufman, Gondry proves his fluid virtuosity and masterful control of image and sound after having made his mark with playful and inventive music videos for Björk, Daft Punk, the Rolling Stones, and more.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The director, Frederik Louis Hviid, opens the movie with a display of self-defeating virtuosity: a robbery filmed in a single take entirely from the inside of an armored van.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Working on a relatively low budget, in isolation from Hollywood, Tregenza displays a virtuosity that is fully integrated into his comprehensive cinematic vision, his finely imagined re-creation of history, and his long-gestating complex of ideas.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
Directing an Oscar-winning script by Charlie Kaufman, Gondry proves his fluid virtuosity and masterful control of image and sound after having made his mark with playful and inventive music videos for Björk, Daft Punk, the Rolling Stones, and more.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Virtuosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtuosity. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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