# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-serkin
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:38:48.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-serkin"
name: "Peter Serkin"
slug: "peter-serkin"
description: "Peter Adolf Serkin was an American classical pianist. He won the Grammy Award for Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist in 1966, and he performed globally, known for not only \"technically pristine\" playing but also a \"commitment to contemporary music\". He taught at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, Yale University, and Bard College."
tagline: "American musician (1947-2020)"
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: "1947-07-24"
deathDate: "2020-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.68
  momentum:             0.3457688808007279
  historical:           12.30759866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785224/"
    handle:    "nm0785224"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/775241"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيتر سيركين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8_%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "פיטר סרקין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ピーター・ゼルキン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Serkin"
    title: "Peter Serkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ab23df5e-6dcf-4e6c-b125-1091ee50046a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361841"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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