# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pran-nath
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:40:43.947Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pran-nath"
name: "Pran Nath"
slug: "pran-nath"
description: "Pandit Pran Nath was an Indian classical singer and master of the Kirana gharana singing style. Promoting traditional raga principles, Nath exerted an influence on notable American minimalist and jazz musicians, including La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Don Cherry. He began performing in the United States in the 1970s, and established the Kirana Center for Indian Classical Music in 1972; he subsequently taught in various universities across the US and Europe."
tagline: "Indian singer (1918–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chitarapathnan_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1918-11-03"
deathDate: "1996-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.223616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695200/"
    handle:    "nm0695200"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/174104"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran_Nath"
    title: "Pran Nath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran_Nath_(Musiker)"
    title: "Pran Nath (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran_Nath_(musician)"
    title: "Pran Nath (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A2n_Nath"
    title: "Prân Nath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A2n_Nath"
    title: "Prân Nath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
    title: "プラン・ナート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pran_Nath"
    title: "Pran Nath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pran_Nath"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f72dd357-1c27-4f39-bb72-0d3c9004d3f1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q252291"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1744221"
    title: "Pandit Pran Nath"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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