Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Executant \Ex*ec"u*tant\, n.
One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical
instrument.
[1913 Webster]
Great executants on the organ. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
executant
n 1: a performer (usually of musical works)