# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-depreist
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:27:04.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-depreist"
name: "James DePreist"
slug: "james-depreist"
description: "James Anderson DePreist was an American conductor. DePreist was one of the first African-American conductors on the world stage. He was the director emeritus of conducting and orchestral studies at The Juilliard School and laureate music director of the Oregon Symphony at the time of his death."
tagline: "American conductor (1936-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bush_DePriest.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-11-21"
deathDate: "2013-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
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  currentAttention:     1.48
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220144/"
    handle:    "nm0220144"
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    title: "James DePreist"
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    title: "James DePreist"
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    title: "James DePreist"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump