# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malcolm-bilson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:21:00.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malcolm-bilson"
name: "Malcolm Bilson"
slug: "malcolm-bilson"
description: "Malcolm Bilson is an American pianist and musicologist specializing in 18th- and 19th-century music. He is the Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music in Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Bilson is one of the foremost players and teachers of the fortepiano; this is the ancestor of the modern piano and was the instrument used in Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven's time."
tagline: "American pianist and musicologist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1935-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump