# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-bennett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:55:10.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-bennett"
name: "William Bennett"
slug: "william-bennett"
description: "William Ingham Brooke Bennett was a British flautist and teacher. He played in many English orchestras and chamber music ensembles, and as a soloist. He made more than 100 recordings, including chamber music with partners including George Malcolm, Osian Ellis, and Yehudi Menuhin. He premiered flute concertos written for him, by William Mathias, Diana Burrell and Raimundo Pineda. Bennett taught at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Germany and the Royal Academy of Music, and held master classes worldwide."
tagline: "British flutist (1936-2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-02-07"
deathDate: "2022-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.67
  momentum:             0.1428571428571429
  historical:           9.210224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7553062/"
    handle:    "nm7553062"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BrKLZxBikUgEn6XEVZmrp"
    handle:    "William Bennett"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.williambennettflute.com/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bennett_(Fl%C3%B6tist)"
    title: "William Bennett (Flötist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bennett_(flautist)"
    title: "William Bennett (flautist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Bennett"
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    title: "William Bennett"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump