# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-knaifel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:22:30.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-knaifel"
name: "Alexander Knaifel"
slug: "alexander-knaifel"
description: "Alexander Knaifel was a Soviet and Russian composer, often described as one of the most prominent Russian composers of his generation. His work spans early experimental compositions associated with Soviet avantgarde and later turns towards a contemplative, spiritually oriented aesthetic influenced by Orthodox Christianity. Knaifel’s music is characterized by a distinctive use of silence, sparse\nmusical material, and unconventional approaches to text and sound."
tagline: "Soviet and Russian composer (1943—2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Knaifel_Sortavala1982%C2%A9Meladina.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-11-28"
deathDate: "2024-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.19
  momentum:             9
  historical:           10.09233466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460434/"
    handle:    "nm0460434"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/852414"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "اليكساندر كنايفيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kn%C3%A0ifel"
    title: "Aleksandr Knàifel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Aronowitsch_Knaifel"
    title: "Alexander Aronowitsch Knaifel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Knaifel"
    title: "Alexander Knaifel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Knaifel"
    title: "Aleksandr Knaifel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kna%C3%AFfel"
    title: "Aleksandr Knaïfel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Knajfel"
    title: "Aleksandr Knajfel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Knayfel"
    title: "Alexander Knayfel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Кнайфель, Александр Аронович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Кнайфель Олександр Аронович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4712b5cc-ed1b-4fb2-b5e9-cc02a2b9a29a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1935233"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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