# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-susskind
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:11:16.685Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-susskind"
name: "Walter Susskind"
slug: "walter-susskind"
description: "Jan Walter Susskind was a Czech-born British conductor, teacher and pianist. He began his career in his native Prague and travelled to London in March 1939 when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. He worked for substantial periods in Australia, Canada and the United States, as a conductor and teacher."
tagline: "Czech-British conductor, composer and pianist (1913-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aankomst_dirigent_Walter_Susskind_op_Schiphol._Hij_zal_het_Concertgebouworkest_d%2C_Bestanddeelnr_904-2813.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1913-05-01"
deathDate: "1980-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump