# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ara-dinkjian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:00:19.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ara-dinkjian"
name: "Ara Dinkjian"
slug: "ara-dinkjian"
description: "Ara Dinkjian is an Armenian-American musician. He is the founder of the band Night Ark. Dinkjian is an oud player. His compositions, which have been recorded in thirteen different languages, include the multi-platinum hit Dinata which was performed in the closing ceremonies of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens."
tagline: "Armenian-American musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Womex2011_-_Crawfurd1408_%286300289794%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-06-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.14
  momentum:             0.9115281501340484
  historical:           10.56263733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2836189/"
    handle:    "nm2836189"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.aradinkjian.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ارا دينكچيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Dinkjian"
    title: "Ara Dinkjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CF%81%CE%B1_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD"
    title: "Άρα Ντινκτζιάν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Dinkjian"
    title: "Ara Dinkjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آرا دینکجیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90_%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "ארא דינקג'יאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A1_%D4%B4%D5%AB%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%BB%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Արա Դինքջյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A1_%D5%8F%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%B3%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Արա Տինկճեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Dinkjian"
    title: "Ara Dinkjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Dinkjian"
    title: "Ara Dinkjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/80ac9bd0-3438-4d42-95cf-d01783ab0e8a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2918755"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2679749"
    title: "Ara Dinkjian"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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