# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-staropoli
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:39:10.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-staropoli"
name: "Alex Staropoli"
slug: "alex-staropoli"
description: "Alessandro \"Alex\" Staropoli is a keyboard player, composer, leader and co-founder of the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He does the orchestral arrangements in all the band's songs. Following the split with Luca Turilli, Staropoli is Rhapsody of Fire's only remaining founding member."
tagline: "Italian musician (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rhapsody_Of_Fire_(7491314086).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.19
  momentum:             4.341657207718502
  historical:           10.15763866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AlexStaropoli.Official"
    handle:    "AlexStaropoli.Official"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alexstaropoli.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/624961"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "اليكس ستاروپولى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Staropoli"
    title: "Alex Staropoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Staropoli"
    title: "Alex Staropoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Staropoli"
    title: "Alex Staropoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Staropoli"
    title: "Alex Staropoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Staropoli"
    title: "Alex Staropoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Staropoli"
    title: "Alessandro Staropoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Staropoli"
    title: "Alex Staropoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Старополи, Алессандро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Staropoli"
    title: "Alex Staropoli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5fed8dec-09a7-4fdf-942a-c4e4b9b75b03"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2478956"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump