# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dirk-schafer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:09:40.840Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dirk-schafer"
name: "Dirk Schäfer"
slug: "dirk-schafer"
description: "Dirk Schäfer was a Dutch concert pianist and composer. His compositions include piano pieces and chamber music, such as his distinctly Brahmsian piano quintet in D flat and his sonatas for violin and piano, Op. 11. He also wrote a \"Javanese Rhapsody\". He recorded performances of works by Chopin and Francois Couperin before his death."
tagline: "Dutch concert pianist and composer (1873-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dirk_Sch%C3%A4fer_(1931).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1873-11-25"
deathDate: "1931"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.68
  momentum:             14
  historical:           6.803636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1037553"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ديرك ستشافير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Schaefer"
    title: "Dirk Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Sch%C3%A4fer_(Komponist%2C_1873)"
    title: "Dirk Schäfer (Komponist, 1873)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Sch%C3%A4fer"
    title: "Dirk Schäfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Sch%C3%A4fer_(pianist)"
    title: "Dirk Schäfer (pianist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Шефер, Дирк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d94186c0-cb9f-404f-a174-56eaa7d14a16"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2335849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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