# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-kirshbaum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:49:09.994Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-kirshbaum"
name: "Ralph Kirshbaum"
slug: "ralph-kirshbaum"
description: "Ralph Henry Kirshbaum is an American cellist. His award-winning career combines the worlds of solo performance, chamber music, recording and pedagogy."
tagline: "American cellist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.55
  momentum:             2.142857142857143
  historical:           7.009684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kirshdem.com/artist.php?id=ralphkirshbaum"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/960895"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kirshbaum"
    title: "Ralph Kirshbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kirshbaum"
    title: "Ralph Kirshbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kirshbaum"
    title: "Ralph Kirshbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kirshbaum"
    title: "Ralph Kirshbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%90%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0"
    title: "ラルフ・カーシュバウム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9E%A0%ED%94%84_%EC%BB%A4%EC%8A%88%EB%B0%94%EC%9B%80"
    title: "랠프 커슈바움"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/78dcf146-21de-436e-8f7b-786fe6ef59f6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7287753"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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