# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/petr-kotik
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:07:06.402Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/petr-kotik"
name: "Petr Kotik"
slug: "petr-kotik"
description: "Petr Kotik is a composer, conductor and flutist based in New York City. In Prague, he founded and directed Musica Viva Pragensis (1961–64) and the QUAX Ensemble (1966–69). He moved to the United States in 1969 at the invitation of Lukas Foss and Lejaren Hiller to join the Center for Creative and Performing Arts at the University at Buffalo. He has lived in New York City since 1983."
tagline: "Czech composer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.35
  momentum:             16.24137931034483
  historical:           6.805868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.pkotik.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/554869"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "پيتر كوتيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Kot%C3%ADk"
    title: "Petr Kotík"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Kot%C3%ADk"
    title: "Petr Kotík"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Kotik"
    title: "Petr Kotik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Kotik"
    title: "Petr Kotik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%82%D1%80"
    title: "Котик, Пётр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a2d4b8e0-99c0-4e79-97ea-c6d4d7aa919c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457169"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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