# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thorsten-quaeschning
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:04:05.449Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thorsten-quaeschning"
name: "Thorsten Quaeschning"
slug: "thorsten-quaeschning"
description: "Thorsten Quaeschning is a German musician. He is the bandleader of the electronic music group Tangerine Dream which he joined in 2005. He was chosen to continue as leader of the group by founder Edgar Froese shortly before his death in 2015. He performs synthesizers, vocals, guitar and drums."
tagline: "German musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thorsten_Quaeschning_en_Alm%C3%A1cera_(Valencia).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1977-02-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.29
  momentum:             1.466992665036675
  historical:           6.867536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/picturepalaceq"
    handle:    "picturepalaceq"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/picturepalacemusic/"
    handle:    "picturepalacemusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/thorsten.quaeschning"
    handle:    "thorsten.quaeschning"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5893056/"
    handle:    "nm5893056"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://thorstenquaeschning.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ثورستين كوايستشنينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsten_Quaeschning"
    title: "Thorsten Quaeschning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsten_Quaeschning"
    title: "Thorsten Quaeschning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsten_Quaeschning"
    title: "Thorsten Quaeschning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsten_Quaeschning"
    title: "Thorsten Quaeschning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsten_Quaeschning"
    title: "Thorsten Quaeschning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/706e6afe-2111-4cf0-91b2-fbc2143dec0c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2534843"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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