# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rakoto-frah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:01:46.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rakoto-frah"
name: "Rakoto Frah"
slug: "rakoto-frah"
description: "Philibert Rabezoza, better known by the name Rakoto Frah, was a flautist and composer of traditional music of the central highlands of Madagascar. Born in 1923 near the capital city of Antananarivo to a poor rural family, Rakoto Frah surmounted the challenges posed by his underprivileged origins to become the most acclaimed 20th century performer of the sodina flute, one of the oldest traditional instruments on the island. Through frequent international concerts and music festival performances, he promoted the music of the highlands of Madagascar and became one of the most famous Malagasy artists, both within Madagascar and on the world music scene."
tagline: "Flautist and composer of traditional music of the central highlands of Madagascar. (1923–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rakoto_Frah.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1923"
deathDate: "2001-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.9
  momentum:             13.1578947368421
  historical:           7.674586666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3873671/"
    handle:    "nm3873671"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1596803"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "راكوتو فرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakoto_Frah"
    title: "Rakoto Frah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakoto_Frah"
    title: "Rakoto Frah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakoto_Frah"
    title: "Rakoto Frah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakoto_Frah"
    title: "Rakoto Frah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakoto_Frah"
    title: "Rakoto Frah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakoto_Frah"
    title: "Rakoto Frah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8cb11aab-f38e-4923-8897-bafa553e66f5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3418072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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