Great player giving tip to the audience? (5)
I believe the answer is:
liszt
'great player' is the definition.
(piano player Franz Liszt, 1811-1886)
'tip to the audience?' is the wordplay.
'tip' becomes 'list' (both can mean to tilt).
'to the audience?' shows a homophone (sound like) (I've seen 'to the audience' mean this).
'list' sounds like 'LISZT'.
'giving' is the link.
(Other definitions for liszt that I've seen before include "Franz ---, Hung. composer" , "Composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies" , "music writer" , "Franz . . . . ., great Hungarian composer" , "Hungarian composer,d. 1886" .)