(えんそうか)

えんそうか
noun
professional musician; performing instrumentalist
musicoccupation
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.
彼女ピアノ演奏家(えんそうか)だ。
She is a professional pianist.
A world-famous musician is giving a concert.
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.

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