# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kayhan-kalhor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:03:00.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kayhan-kalhor"
name: "Kayhan Kalhor"
slug: "kayhan-kalhor"
description: "Kayhan Kalhor is an Iranian Kurdish kamancheh and setar player, and composer. He has received three Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album nominations. Kalhor has also earned two nominations and won one Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album as a member of the Silk Road Ensemble."
tagline: "Iranian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kayhan_Kalhor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.42
  momentum:             10
  historical:           17.70595333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1911834/"
    handle:    "nm1911834"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sarhkyrBmQFnOJe2HrMBH"
    handle:    "5sarhkyrBmQFnOJe2HrMBH"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kayhankalhor.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "كيهان كلهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "كيهان كلهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaihans_Kalhuors"
    title: "Kaihans Kalhuors"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%95%DB%8C%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%DB%95%DA%B5%DA%BE%D9%88%DA%95"
    title: "کەیھان کەڵھوڕ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayhan_Kalhor"
    title: "Kayhan Kalhor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhan_Kelhur"
    title: "Keyhan Kelhur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayhan_Kalhor"
    title: "Kayhan Kalhor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayhan_Kalhor"
    title: "Kayhan Kalhor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "کیهان کلهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayhan_Kalhor"
    title: "Kayhan Kalhor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayhan_Kalhor"
    title: "Kayhan Kalhor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayhan_Kalhor"
    title: "Kayhan Kalhor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhan_Kelhur"
    title: "Keyhan Kelhur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaihanas_Kalhoras"
    title: "Kaihanas Kalhoras"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayhan_Kalhor"
    title: "Kayhan Kalhor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayhan_Kalhor"
    title: "Kayhan Kalhor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Кейхан Кальхор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhan_Kelhur"
    title: "Keyhan Kelhur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83717"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1780608"
    title: "Kayhan Kalhor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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