noun
- a person who plays the cembalo (harpsichord), especially a professional musician
Usage: music; formal
Examples
- The cembalist performed a Bach suite with remarkable precision.
- She trained as a cembalist before specializing in Baroque music.
- The orchestra hired an accomplished cembalist for the continuo part.
- Many cembalists today also study historical performance practices.
- The cembalist's fingers moved gracefully across the keyboard during the concerto.