# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tauno-pylkkanen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:26:19.909Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tauno-pylkkanen"
name: "Tauno Pylkkänen"
slug: "tauno-pylkkanen"
description: "Tauno Kullervo Pylkkänen was a Finnish composer. He was a popular opera composer and was nicknamed during his lifetime as Northern Puccini."
tagline: "Finnish composer and music critic (1918–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TaunoPylkkanen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1918-03-22"
deathDate: "1980-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.94
  momentum:             12.22222222222222
  historical:           8.138913333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701524/"
    handle:    "nm0701524"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3376285"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تاونو پيلكاينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauno_Pylkk%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Tauno Pylkkänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauno_Pylkk%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Tauno Pylkkänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauno_Pylkk%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Tauno Pylkkänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauno_Pylkk%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Tauno Pylkkänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauno_Pylkk%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Tauno Pylkkänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauno_Pylkk%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Tauno Pylkkänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0150d04c-24b7-4902-8a6d-ef0c4e674633"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479362"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1681231"
    title: "Tauno Pylkkänen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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