# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-burkhard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:18:49.001Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-burkhard"
name: "Willy Burkhard"
slug: "willy-burkhard"
description: "Willy Burkhard was a Swiss composer and academic teacher, influential in both capacities. He taught music theory at the Berne Conservatory and the Zürich Conservatory. His works include an opera, oratorios, cantatas, and many instrumental genres from piano pieces to symphonies."
tagline: "Swiss composer (1900–1955)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1900-04-17"
deathDate: "1955-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.38
  momentum:             1.599919903884662
  historical:           11.409108
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.willyburkhard.ch/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Willy Burkhard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Burkhard"
    title: "Willy Burkhard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Burkhard"
    title: "Willy Burkhard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Burkhard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Burkhard"
    title: "Willy Burkhard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump