Some years after his father's death he worked in the Umbrian workshop of Perugino, an excellent painter and a superb technician.

Robert Spano, 38, a superb technician and orchestra builder, might have been the kind of exciting, younger, thinking artistic director I'm calling for.

He's a superb technician, and he's been at the helm of the orchestra for over thirty years, so everything flows with polished ease.

His admirers call him a superb technician, a problem solver with a deep understanding of government.

The other player roamed the stage, almost distracting in his wanderings, but musically, a superb technician.

Mr. di Bonaventura is a superb technician and an aristocratic musician.

She turned out to be not only a superb technician, but a woman of wit and wisdom, a photographer with a warm generous heart.

He is also a superb technician and a thoughtful interpreter.

And I began to wonder whether trying to be a superb technician was a mistake.

Mr. Barrueco is a superb technician whose performances tend to be richly nuanced and full of heart.