# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/virgil-donati
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:49:20.399Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/virgil-donati"
name: "Virgil Donati"
slug: "virgil-donati"
description: "Virgil Donati is an Australian drummer, composer and producer. He holds the drum sticks in the traditional style and is also proficient at the keyboard. Donati formed Planet X with Derek Sherinian and was the band's principal composer on all their albums. He also performed in Melbourne with Jack Jones in a Van Halen tribute band known as Hans Valen before inviting Jones into Donati's own bands The State and Southern Sons. According to the All About Jazz website, Donati is \"widely recognized as one of the most dedicated and technically advanced drummers of all time\"."
tagline: "Australian drummer, composer and producer (born 1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Virgil_Donati.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-10-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.142857142857143
  historical:           15.65278133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "virgil_donati"
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    handle:    "virgildonati"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Virgil Donati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Virgil Donati"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Donati"
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    title: "Virgil Donati"
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    title: "Virgil Donati"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump