---

• n  technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

• The legendary Paganini (1782-1840) was accused of deliberately playing on frayed strings so that when one snapped he could display his virtuosity on three.
• There's instrumental virtuosity and a songwriting range that spans regions and decades.
• With dazzling virtuosity on the trumpet and an innovative singing style, Satchmo was the fountainhead of a thoroughly original American sound.

News & Articles

---

• Review: Hubbard Street-Lines blend showcases dancers' virtuosity
  American dancers have long been the wonders of the world: committed not merely to virtuosity (prevalent everywhere) but to virtuosic versatility, the mastery of many movement languages and cultures. That mastery accounted for much of the excitement at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Friday, when Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (a modern dance repertory company) joined forces with Alonzo King Lines ...
  June 22, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

---

• John Carmack in Canada.com
  Worldwide, mobile gaming has the potential to eclipse conventional gaming platforms,said John Carmack, technical director and co-founder, id Software. "The resource constraints of mobile platforms reward technical and design virtuosity,...
• Leonard Bernstein in All About Jazz
  No less an authority than Leonard Bernstein said that "Eddie Daniels combines elegance and virtuosity in a way that makes me remember Arthur Rubenstein. He is a thoroughly well-bred demon."
• Lyle Lovett in Kentucky.com
  Even with all his virtuosity, the first thing I noticed about Leo was how intent he was in pushing ahead with his playing,Lovett said. "Guitarists everywhere were going out and buying 12 strings to try and play like him. But Leo was always...