# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-szell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:28:15.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-szell"
name: "George Szell"
slug: "george-szell"
description: "George Szell, originally György Széll, György Endre Széll, or Georg Szell, was an Austro-Hungarian-born American conductor, composer, and pianist. Considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, he was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio, and recorded much of the standard classical repertoire in Cleveland and with other orchestras."
tagline: "Classical conductor and composer (1897–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Szell.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1897-06-07"
deathDate: "1970-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.45
  momentum:             0.2840102243680772
  historical:           22.86368933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843930/"
    handle:    "nm0843930"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2CFaOiHKik5FgNGzZJ08sx"
    handle:    "2CFaOiHKik5FgNGzZJ08sx"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "George Szell"
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    title: "George Szell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Szell"
    title: "George Szell"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Széll György (karmester)"
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    title: "George Szell"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Szell"
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    title: "Селл, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "George Szell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump