# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvaro-cassuto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:59:59.491Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvaro-cassuto"
name: "Álvaro Cassuto"
slug: "alvaro-cassuto"
description: "Álvaro Leon Cassuto was a Portuguese composer and conductor, regarded as one of Portugal's leading conductors. He was music director of the Portuguese Radio Symphony from 1975 to 1987, and of American orchestras. He founded and conducted the Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa and the Algarve Orchestra. He internationally promoted music by Portuguese composers, recording for example the complete symphonies of Joly Braga Santos."
tagline: "Portuguese composer and conductor (1938–2026)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/%C3%81lvaro_Cassuto_%281a%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-11-17"
deathDate: "2026-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.809684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  197
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1616319"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "الڤارو كاسوتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Cassuto"
    title: "Álvaro Cassuto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Cassuto"
    title: "Álvaro Cassuto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Cassuto"
    title: "Álvaro Cassuto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95"
    title: "אלוורו קסוטו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Cassuto"
    title: "Álvaro Cassuto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d2eb0e1f-7b95-4b4c-ad7e-de57b683a49f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10395772"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump