# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gavin-bryars
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:39:21.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gavin-bryars"
name: "Gavin Bryars"
slug: "gavin-bryars"
description: "Richard Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist. He has worked in jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, avant-garde, and experimental music."
tagline: "English composer and double bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gavin_Bryars.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1943-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump