# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-votapek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:33:37.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-votapek"
name: "Ralph Votapek"
slug: "ralph-votapek"
description: "Ralph James Votapek is an American pianist. He won the First Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1962, along with the inaugural competition's First Place prize of US $10,000. He was the Jury Chairman of the eighth Van Cliburn competition in 2022."
tagline: "American pianist"
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: "1939-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.671778666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ralphvotapek.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/867993"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%DA%A4%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "رالف ڤوتاپيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Votapek"
    title: "Ralph Votapek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Votapek"
    title: "Ralph Votapek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Votapek"
    title: "Ralph Votapek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Votapek"
    title: "Ralph Votapek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%9A%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ラルフ・ヴォタペック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Вотапек, Ральф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1e1c87a4-1d3c-438f-bb7b-c9a2cb8bbd2b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4126782"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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