# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-boettcher
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:45:00.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-boettcher"
name: "Wolfgang Boettcher"
slug: "wolfgang-boettcher"
description: "Wolfgang Boettcher was a German classical cellist and academic teacher. He was principal cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic, and a founding member of The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic. From 1976, he was professor at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin. From 1986 to 1992 he was artistic director of the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker chamber music festival."
tagline: "German editor, musician and music educator (1935-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wolfgang_Boettcher_(*1935)%2C_Cellist.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-01-30"
deathDate: "2021-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.474010666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "وولفجانج بوتشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Boettcher"
    title: "Wolfgang Boettcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Boettcher_(Musiker)"
    title: "Wolfgang Boettcher (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Boettcher"
    title: "Wolfgang Boettcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Boettcher"
    title: "Wolfgang Boettcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Boettcher"
    title: "Wolfgang Boettcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%82%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Бёттхер, Вольфганг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0d1af11b-9236-4cc4-8141-9ece7a495756"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216701"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump