# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilfrid-pelletier
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:40:53.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilfrid-pelletier"
name: "Wilfrid Pelletier"
slug: "wilfrid-pelletier"
description: "Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier, was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving as the orchestra's first artistic director and conductor from 1935 to 1941. He had a long and fruitful partnership with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City that began with his appointment as a rehearsal accompanist in 1917; ultimately working there as one of the company's conductors in mainly the French opera repertoire from 1929 to 1950. From 1951 to 1966, he was the principal conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. He was also a featured conductor for a number of RCA Victor recordings, including an acclaimed reading of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem featuring baritone Mack Harrell and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and chorus."
tagline: "Canadian musician and conductor (1896-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claude_Champagne_and_Wilfrid_Pelletier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1896-06-20"
deathDate: "1982-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.42028985507246
  historical:           9.880850666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671147/"
    handle:    "nm0671147"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ويلفريد بيليتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wilfrid Pelletier"
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    title: "Wilfrid Pelletier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Pelletier"
    title: "Wilfrid Pelletier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Pelletier"
    title: "Wilfrid Pelletier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wilfrid Pelletier"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Pelletier"
    title: "Wilfrid Pelletier"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Pelletier"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump