# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-pischner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:08:50.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-pischner"
name: "Hans Pischner"
slug: "hans-pischner"
description: "Hans Pischner was a German harpsichordist, musicologist, opera director, and politician active in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). He encouraged the creation of musical and artistic cultural institutions in East Germany, and used his position in the SED to prevent any further brain drain of artists and musicians after the Berlin Wall was constructed by encouraging and supporting the arts. He served as Chairman of the Kulturbund from 1977 until German reunification in 1990."
tagline: "German politician (1914-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans_Pischner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1914-02-20"
deathDate: "2016-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.4
  momentum:             11.6304347826087
  historical:           7.007704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8482744/"
    handle:    "nm8482744"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/852992"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Pischner"
    title: "Hans Pischner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Pischner"
    title: "Hans Pischner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Pischner"
    title: "Hans Pischner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Pischner"
    title: "Hans Pischner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ハンス・ピシュナー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Pischner"
    title: "Hans Pischner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8fcefa73-f64a-47af-8ba5-8ba2b428486f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1534569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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