# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/istvan-thoman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:25:16.041Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/istvan-thoman"
name: "István Thomán"
slug: "istvan-thoman"
description: "István Thomán was a Hungarian piano virtuoso and music educator. He was a notable piano teacher, with students including Béla Bartók, Ernő Dohnányi, Paul de Marky who later taught Oscar Peterson in Quebec, Gisela Selden-Goth, and Georges Cziffra. His six-volume Technique of Piano Playing is still in use today."
tagline: "(1862–1940 classical pianist, piano teacher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thom%C3%A1n_Istv%C3%A1n.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1862-11-04"
deathDate: "1940-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.27807866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump