# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/markus-hinterhauser
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:01:41.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/markus-hinterhauser"
name: "Markus Hinterhäuser"
slug: "markus-hinterhauser"
description: "Markus Hinterhäuser is an Austrian pianist and the current artistic director of the Salzburg Festival. He studied music at the Vienna Conservatory under Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Mozarteum University of Salzburg under Oleg Maisenberg. As a chamber musician, he has performed with several notable performers, including the Arditti Quartet and singer Brigitte Fassbaender. As a piano soloist he is particularly known for his performances of the works of the Second Viennese School and 20th century works by composers like John Cage, Luigi Nono, Morton Feldman and Galina Ustvolskaya. Since 2016 he has served as the artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, a post he is scheduled to occupy through 2031."
tagline: "Austrian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Festkonzert_anl%C3%A4sslich_des_AT-Ratsvorsitzes_(31348590567).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-03-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.44
  momentum:             5.535714285714285
  historical:           7.02772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/881211"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "ماركوس هينترهاوسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Hinterh%C3%A4user"
    title: "Markus Hinterhäuser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Hinterh%C3%A4user"
    title: "Markus Hinterhäuser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Hinterh%C3%A4user"
    title: "Markus Hinterhäuser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Hinterh%C3%A4user"
    title: "Markus Hinterhäuser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Хинтерхойзер, Маркус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aa453c71-1768-4f20-acb0-3382255279ad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86388"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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