Sentence examples for traditional performer from inspiring English sources

Its most traditional performer was Mamadou Diabate from Mali, a kora player and jali leading his four-man group.

In the book's most arresting section, Foer patiently deduces that a self-styled savant named Daniel Tammet, who dazzles experts with his computerlike capacity for total recall, is probably a gifted but traditional performer using mnemonic tricks older than the vaudeville stage.

A roots revival stimulated interest in folk traditions, led by writers, collectors and traditional performers.

Its last concert of the season is a celebration of such Russian composers as Glinka, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky ("The Soldier's Tale"), offered by the clarinettist Igor Begelman, the violinist Roman Simovic, and the pianist Tatiana Goncharova; two esteemed traditional performers, Tamara Volskaya (on dorma) and Anatoliy Trofimov (on bayan), will also perform.

"We go out of our way to have traditional food, traditional performers — everything".

The information came from psychiatrists working with the International Medical Corps, a nonprofit organization that hires traditional performers to publicize counseling services.

Indeed, he wanted traditional performers to be able to compete within the economic and political realities of modern society.

Bhaands, traditional performers who entertain with fast and furious monologues of cutting political commentary, are widely loved.

Mr. Kanzaburo — like all traditional performers in Japan, he was known by his first name — initially immersed himself in the classics before forging his own path.

"I wanted to get back to the old way of doing things," said Kankuro, who, like all traditional performers here, is known by his first name.

And Mr. Shen gave his four traditional performers a chance to make an even more dramatic impact in this festival setting by adding excerpts from "Pillars of the Dynasty" and "Visiting the Mausoleum".