Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Virtuoso

Virtuoso , noun

[Italian See Virtuous.]

1.
One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities, etc.
Virtuoso the Italians call a man who loves the noble arts, and is a critic in them. — Dryden
2.
(Music) A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player.