演奏家(えんそうか)

えんそうか
noun
professional musician; performing instrumentalist
1. professional musician; performing instrumentalist
A professional who performs music, especially on instruments. The term emphasizes performance as a vocation and is used for classical, jazz, and other musicians.
彼女はピアノの演奏家(えんそうか)だ。
She is a professional pianist.
世界的(せかいてき)に有名(ゆうめい)な演奏家(えんそうか)がコンサートを開(ひら)く。
A world-famous musician is giving a concert.
その演奏家(えんそうか)は幼少期(ようしょうき)から厳(きび)しい訓練(くんれん)を積(つ)んできた。
That musician has undergone rigorous training since childhood.

More formal and specifically occupational than 演奏者(えんそうしゃ) (which simply means 'player/performer'). 演奏家 implies professionalism as a career.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 演奏家(えんそうか)として活動(かつどう)する: to be active as a musician
  • 著名(ちょめい)な演奏家(えんそうか): renowned musician
  • 若手(わかて)演奏家(えんそうか): young/emerging musician
  • 演奏家(えんそうか)仲間(なかま): fellow musicians

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 音楽家(おんがくか): musician broadly (includes composers)
  • 演奏者(えんそうしゃ): player, performer (not necessarily professional)
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