# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-downes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:23:36.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-downes"
name: "David Downes"
slug: "david-downes"
description: "David Downes is a composer, pianist, producer, and music director who is known for both contemporary composition as well as work in the commercial field, particularly with Riverdance and as founder of Celtic Woman."
tagline: "Irish musician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-06-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.92
  momentum:             4.06779661016949
  historical:           6.80864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/549481"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Downes"
    title: "David Downes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_downes"
    title: "David downes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ديڤيد دونيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Downes"
    title: "David Downes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Downes_(Irish_composer)"
    title: "David Downes (Irish composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Downes"
    title: "David Downes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fc98b0da-f0e1-44a8-978e-429865744d5c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233058"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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