# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonid-soybelman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:59:06.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonid-soybelman"
name: "Leonid Soybelman"
slug: "leonid-soybelman"
description: "Leonid Soybelman Leonoid is a Berlin-based musician and film composer, leader of the band Ne Zhdali. The guitarist and singer, he also collaborated with Alec Kopyt in the \"Poza\" project, with bands Auktyon, The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet and many others. His musical style has roots from eastern European traditional Yiddish folk music, yet is played in more modern arrangements on the electric guitar, often accompanied by a band. His work, especially with Ne Zhdali, is well known in Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union."
tagline: "German musician (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Collaboration_concert_in_%22Jao_Da%22_15.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.471526666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2016827/"
    handle:    "nm2016827"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/434645"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ليونيد سويبيلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Soybelman"
    title: "Leonid Soybelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Soibelman"
    title: "Leonid Soibelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Soybelman"
    title: "Leonid Soybelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Soybelman"
    title: "Leonid Soybelman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Сойбельман, Леонид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/55158771-61fd-45a8-b75e-12f2b5d69d2f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4426845"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2713515"
    title: "Leonid Soybelman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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