# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ned-rothenberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:32:36.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ned-rothenberg"
name: "Ned Rothenberg"
slug: "ned-rothenberg"
description: "Ned Rothenberg is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments, including the alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and shakuhachi. He is known for his work in contemporary classical and free improvisation. Rothenberg is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He was a founding member of the woodwind trio New Winds with J. D. Parran and Robert Dick. He has performed with Samm Bennett, Paul Dresher, Fred Frith, Evan Parker, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, John Zorn, Yuji Takahashi, Sainkho Namtchylak, and Katsuya Yokoyama."
tagline: "American composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ned_Rothenberg.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1956-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.47
  momentum:             16.25628140703517
  historical:           8.541397333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نيد روثينبيرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Rothenberg"
    title: "Ned Rothenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Rothenberg"
    title: "Ned Rothenberg"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Rothenberg"
    title: "Ned Rothenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Rothenberg"
    title: "Ned Rothenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ネッド・ローゼンバーグ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Rothenberg"
    title: "Ned Rothenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ротенберг, Нед"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump