Leader of orchestra gives a wave as distinguished instrumentalist (7)

I believe the answer is:

segovia

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'distinguished instrumentalist' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'leader of orchestra gives a wave' is the wordplay.
'leader of' indicates taking the first letters.
'wave' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'waving' mean this (letters wave around)).
The initial letter of 'orchestra' is 'o'.
'o'+'gives'+'a'='ogivesa'
'ogivesa' anagrammed gives 'SEGOVIA'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for segovia that I've seen before include "Andres ------- classical guitarist: Spanish city" , "Ancient Spanish city: classical guitarist" , "Town of Central Spain" , "Spanish town - guitarist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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