# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-giger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:51:24.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-giger"
name: "Paul Giger"
slug: "paul-giger"
description: "Paul Giger, is a Swiss violinist and composer. He plays contemporary classical music, jazz, and free improvised music, and specializes in extended techniques."
tagline: "Swiss violinist and music composer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-08-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.205904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317593/"
    handle:    "nm0317593"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/867047"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "باول جيجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "پول جيجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Giger"
    title: "Paul Giger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Giger"
    title: "Paul Giger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Giger"
    title: "Paul Giger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Giger"
    title: "Paul Giger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC"
    title: "パウル・ギーガー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Giger"
    title: "Paul Giger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6c1611e7-0e70-4355-be5f-c37388f96c93"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116197"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1272092"
    title: "Paul Giger"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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