# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veli-matti-puumala
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:41:20.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veli-matti-puumala"
name: "Veli-Matti Puumala"
slug: "veli-matti-puumala"
description: "Veli-Matti Puumala is a Finnish composer. He is currently the professor of composition at the Sibelius Academy."
tagline: "Finnish composer and professor"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.67
  momentum:             0.4166666666666666
  historical:           7.668466666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4659565"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ڤيلى ماتى پومالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Matti_Puumala"
    title: "Veli-Matti Puumala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Matti_Puumala"
    title: "Veli-Matti Puumala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Matti_Puumala"
    title: "Veli-Matti Puumala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Matti_Puumala"
    title: "Veli-Matti Puumala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Пуумала, Вели-Матти"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli-Matti_Puumala"
    title: "Veli-Matti Puumala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c8017e7-b18b-477f-852e-a681e927c9eb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4384493"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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