# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-tudor
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:27:40.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-tudor"
name: "David Tudor"
slug: "david-tudor"
description: "David Eugene Tudor was an American pianist and composer of experimental music. After playing the U.S. premiere of the Piano Sonata No. 2 by Pierre Boulez in 1950, he premiered works by New York School composers including Morton Feldman and especially John Cage written for him; Karlheinz Stockhausen dedicated a work to him, reflecting his similar degree of integration with the Darmstadt School. He turned to composing, including many projects for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. After Cage's death in 1992, he succeeded him as music director of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company."
tagline: "American pianist and composer (1926–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/David_Tudor_publicity.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1926-01-20"
deathDate: "1996-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump