# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-barzin
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:13:32.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-barzin"
name: "Léon Barzin"
slug: "leon-barzin"
description: "Léon Eugene Barzin was a Belgian-born American conductor and founder of the National Orchestral Association (NOA), the oldest surviving training orchestra in the United States. Barzin was also the founding musical director of the New York City Ballet."
tagline: "American conductor (1900–1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Leon_Barzin.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
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: "1900-11-27"
deathDate: "1999-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.95886723376763
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  currentAttention:     3.003003003003003
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2238609/"
    handle:    "nm2238609"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Léon Barzin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Léon Barzin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Barzin"
    title: "Léon Barzin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Barzin"
    title: "Léon Barzin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Barzin"
    title: "Léon Barzin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Barzin"
    title: "Léon Barzin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3"
    title: "レオン・バージン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Барзен, Леон Эжен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1818859"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Léon Barzin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump