楽がく聖せい

noun

great musician; master musician

An honorific title for a musician of the highest caliber, often used for classical composers like Beethoven. Not used for ordinary skilled musicians.

• ベートーヴェンは「楽がく聖せい」と呼よばれている。

  Beethoven is called the 'master musician'.

• 彼かれは楽がく聖せいと称しょうされるほどの作さっ曲きょく家かだ。

  He is a composer worthy of being called a great musician.