# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-mennin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:15:20.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-mennin"
name: "Peter Mennin"
slug: "peter-mennin"
description: "Peter Mennin was a prominent American composer, teacher and administrator. In 1958, he was named Director of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and in 1962 became President of the Juilliard School, a position he held until his death in 1983. Under his leadership, Juilliard moved from Claremont Avenue to its present location at Lincoln Center. Mennin is responsible for the addition of drama and dance departments at Juilliard. He also started the Master Class Program, and brought many artists to teach including Maria Callas, Pierre Fournier and others."
tagline: "American composer, administrator and teacher (1923-1983)"
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: "1923-05-17"
deathDate: "1983-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.26
  momentum:             5.319117647058823
  historical:           10.74776933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.petermennin.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "پيتير مينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mennin"
    title: "Peter Mennin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mennin"
    title: "Peter Mennin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mennin"
    title: "Peter Mennin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mennin"
    title: "Peter Mennin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mennin"
    title: "Peter Mennin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mennin"
    title: "Peter Mennin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mennin"
    title: "Peter Mennin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ピーター・メニン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mennin"
    title: "Peter Mennin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mennin"
    title: "Peter Mennin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aa371eeb-12ba-44fa-950d-9d4dcc077c15"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q958720"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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