# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-mazer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:46:23.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-mazer"
name: "Henry Mazer"
slug: "henry-mazer"
description: "Henry Simon Mazer, was an American and later Taiwanese conductor, recording artist and music educator who was the founding principal conductor and music director of Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 until suffering a stroke in February 2001. Prior to his move to Taiwan, he was the conductor and associate conductor of major American symphonies including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He contributed greatly to the refinement of the performances of classical music in Taiwan, leading local musicians to gain recognition overseas. There is a cultural center dedicated to him in Taipei."
tagline: "American conductor (1918-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HenryMazer.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1918-07-21"
deathDate: "2002-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.74
  momentum:             9.603825136612022
  historical:           6.606876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/651298cc-fb1f-4ed8-aaf9-579c87741a88"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%B1"
    title: "هنري ميزر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%B1"
    title: "هنرى ميزر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mazer"
    title: "Henry Mazer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%A8%E5%88%A9%C2%B7%E6%A2%85%E5%93%B2"
    title: "亨利·梅哲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Mazer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://id.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Mazer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E4%BA%A8%E5%88%A9%C2%B7%E6%A2%85%E5%93%B2"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5725652"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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