# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/susann-mcdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:27:51.836Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/susann-mcdonald"
name: "Susann McDonald"
slug: "susann-mcdonald"
description: "Susann Hackett McDonald was an American classical harpist. In addition to a successful performing career, she made a number of recordings and held significant academic and organizational posts. As head of the harp department at the Jacobs School of Music from 1981 for decades, she made it the largest harp department in the world. She was co-founder and artistic director of the World Harp Congress in 1983, and founder and music director of the USA International Harp Competition in 1989."
tagline: "American-born classical harpist, both recording and live-performing; chair of the harp department at Indiana University-Bloomington"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Susann_McDonald_%281a%29.jpg"
gender: "female"
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: "1935-05-26"
deathDate: "2025-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.66
  momentum:             1.097922848664688
  historical:           8.346797333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سوزان ماكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susann_McDonald"
    title: "Susann McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susann_McDonald"
    title: "Susann McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susann_McDonald"
    title: "Susann McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susann_McDonald"
    title: "Susann McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susann_McDonald"
    title: "Susann McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Макдональд, Сьюзен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susann_McDonald"
    title: "Susann McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fd95d2d3-81ca-466a-a030-c80756a08ec5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4275625"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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