# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fou-ts-ong
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:35:48.946Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fou-ts-ong"
name: "Fou Ts'ong"
slug: "fou-ts-ong"
description: "Fou Ts'ong was a Chinese and British pianist who was the first pianist of his national origin to achieve international recognition. He came to prominence after winning third prize and the Polish Radio Prize for the best performance of Chopin's mazurkas in the 1955 V International Chopin Piano Competition, and remained particularly known as an interpreter of Chopin's music."
tagline: "Chinese-British pianist (1934-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fou_Ts'ong_1965b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-03-10"
deathDate: "2020-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.04885733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4107656/"
    handle:    "nm4107656"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fou Ts'ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fou_Ts%E2%80%99ong"
    title: "Fou Ts’ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fou_Ts'ong"
    title: "Fou Ts'ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Cong"
    title: "Fu Cong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fou_Ts'ong"
    title: "Fou Ts'ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fou Ts'ong"
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    title: "Fou Ts'ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fou Ts’ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Cong"
    title: "Fu Cong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Cong"
    title: "Fu Cong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fou_Ts'ong"
    title: "Fou Ts'ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fou_Ts'ong"
    title: "Fou Ts'ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C3%B3_Th%C3%B4ng"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%85%E8%81%B0"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5668588"
    title: "Fou Ts'ong"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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