# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-backhaus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:18:59.156Z

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name: "Wilhelm Backhaus"
slug: "wilhelm-backhaus"
description: "Wilhelm Backhaus was a German pianist and pedagogue. He was particularly well known for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin and Brahms. He was also much admired as a chamber musician."
tagline: "German pianist (1884–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm_Backhaus_um_1920.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1884-03-26"
deathDate: "1969-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump