# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/imants-kalnins
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:27:31.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/imants-kalnins"
name: "Imants Kalniņš"
slug: "imants-kalnins"
description: "Imants Kalniņš is a Latvian composer, musician and politician. Having studied classical and choral music, he has written seven symphonies, several operas, oratorios, cantatas, choir songs, a lot of movie and theater music. However, he is generally best known for his rock songs. In 2021, Kalniņš received the Grand Music Award for lifetime achievement."
tagline: "Latvian composer (born 1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flickr_-_Saeima_-_9.Saeimas_deput%C4%81ts_Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-05-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.38
  momentum:             2.129337539432177
  historical:           13.89435066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436143/"
    handle:    "nm0436143"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ايمانتس كالنينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Իմանց Կալնինշ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%2C_%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81"
    title: "Калныньш, Имантс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88"
    title: "Імантс Калниньш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Imants Kalniņš"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump