# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/faramarz-payvar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:16:31.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/faramarz-payvar"
name: "Faramarz Payvar"
slug: "faramarz-payvar"
description: "Master Farâmarz Pâyvar was an Iranian composer and santur player. Payvar died on 9 December 2009 after a long struggle with brain damage. Although once perceived as marginal, the santur is now considered an important solo instrument in Persian classical music, largely as a result of his work. Over the course of his career, Payvar revolutionised its playing, led two major ensembles and made numerous recordings."
tagline: "Iranian composer and santurist (1933–2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Faramarz_Payvar.jpg/330px-Faramarz_Payvar.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1933-02-10"
deathDate: "2009-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.68
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.053892
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/945962"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "فارامارز پايڤار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faramarz_Payvar"
    title: "Faramarz Payvar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faramarz_Payvar"
    title: "Faramarz Payvar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2_%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "فرامرز پایور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faramarz_Payvar"
    title: "Faramarz Payvar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ファラマルズ・パイヴァール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9678f85-bdef-431d-8b97-567fdf355bfe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2629268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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