# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-metcalf
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:08:08.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-metcalf"
name: "John Metcalf"
slug: "john-metcalf"
description: "John Metcalf MBE is a Welsh-Canadian composer. He has worked in many forms, including large-scale operas, choral and orchestral works, and chamber music, both instrumental and vocal. His music is tonal, and is often rhythmically complex, with much use of polyrhythms."
tagline: "British-Canadian composer (born 1946)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.3
  momentum:             0.5084745762711865
  historical:           7.271130666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JMetcalfeBand"
    handle:    "JMetcalfeBand"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3783186/"
    handle:    "nm3783186"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1103147"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "جون ميتكالف (ملحن بريطاني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جون ميتكالف (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Metcalf"
    title: "John Metcalf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Metcalf"
    title: "John Metcalf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Metcalf_(composer)"
    title: "John Metcalf (composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%84%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Меткалф, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1309c84-eedc-4636-b9a5-587264b57440"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6248571"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3627909"
    title: "John Metcalf"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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