A
pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the
piano. Most forms of Western music can make use of the piano. Consequently, pianists have a wide variety of
repertoire and styles to choose from, including traditionally
classical music,
jazz,
blues and all sorts of
popular music, including
rock music. Most pianists can, to a certain extent, play other keyboard-related instruments such as the
synthesizer,
harpsichord,
celesta and the
organ.