concertize

English

Etymology

From concert +‎ -ize.

Verb

concertize (third-person singular simple present concertizes, present participle concertizing, simple past and past participle concertized)

1. (US) To perform in concerts
   • 1915, Harriette Brower, Piano Mastery‎^[1]:

     I have been concertizing for the last three years, and studying alone.

   • 1988 October 14, Dennis Polkow, “Serkin and Solti”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     Of the great romantic pianists, Vladimir Horowitz and Serkin are the only ones still actively concertizing.

2. To adapt to the concert form
   • 2007 May 12, Jon Pareles, “A New Style for Portugal’s Old Fado, but the Songs Are Still Full of Emotion”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     It was concertized folk music, complete with cello, but it had spirit.

Derived terms

• concertizer

 

Anagrams

• concretize