Alexander Rybak Biography

Alexander Rybak Igorevich (Belarusian Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак / Aliaksandr Íharawitsch Rybak, * May 13, 1986 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer, violinist, composer and actor. A broad audience, he was by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 announced it with great advantage could decide for themselves.

Life

Childhood and Education

Alexander Rybak was established in 1986 in the former Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic into a family of artists born. His mother is the well-known pianist Natallja Waliantsinauna Rybak, his father, the violinist Aliaksandrawitsch Ihar Rybak. At the age of four years Rybak moved with his parents over to Norway. There, he grew up in Nesodden, a suburb of Oslo, on. He is fluent in Norwegian, English and Russian. Already at the age of five he learned the piano and violin playing. Likewise, he dedicated himself to singing and composing his own songs. Later in the mountains of the largest concert pipe Youth Symphony Orchestra in Norway, the Ung Symfonie take over.

In 2004 in Norway Rybak received the prestigious Anders-year Cultural Award. Two years later, he won with his selbstkomponierten song Foolin 'the talent competition Kjempesjansen of Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). He joined, among others, the renowned Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman and proposed addition to working as a singer, composer and violinist alongside a career as an actor one. Rybak took over, inter alia, a main role in a staging of the musical Anatevka at Oslo Nye Teater to him in 2007 to Heddaprisen revenue. Rybak his celebrated 2009 feature film debut with a supporting role in Norwegian Grete Salomonsens Youth Film Yohan - Barnevandreren, starting in early December 2009 in the Norwegian cinema will be shown.

Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest

On 21 Rybak decided in February 2009 in Oslo, the Melodi Grand Prix, the Norwegian national preliminary to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, with the song Fairytale (Tale ') for himself. He had a major advantage for the second title of Butterflies Tone Damli Aaberg (Rybak got 747,888 points, 121,856 points Aaberg) .

The title occupied in the spring of 2009 for eight weeks the top of the Norwegian charts. On 16 May 2009 succeeded Rybak, with record advance the Eurovision Song Contest to decide for themselves. With a total score of 387 points he überbot previous finals record of 292 points, the Finnish group Lordi with Hard Rock Hallelujah title 2006 in Athens had up (the Serbian singer and later ESC winner Marija Serifovic had in 2007 in Helsinki Semifinal 298 points reached). At the same time the contribution of the largest distance from the runners.

The 387 points in 2436 making the total points in the year 2009, a share of 15.89%, which is an even higher total points than the mean percentage 15.42%, which Nicole 1982 for the song A little bit of peace received. On the other hand holds but Nicole is still the record for the highest points average per country, but now with just 9.47 in front with 9.44 Rybak. This is related to that 1982 with 18 countries, less than half of participants in the competition and gave the same number of points that each country has to forgive, now at more than twice as many countries. Since the country does not vote for himself may have been the points so in 2009 compared to 1982 in the ratio 41:17 to the individual contributions distributed. Despite these points, there was no concentration in the competitive contribution of less than 22 points received.

Discography

Albums
Year Title Chart Positions Notes
DE AT CH NO
2009 Fairy Tales 16 46 65 1

Singles
Year Title Chart positions Album Notes
DE AT NO CH UK
2009 Fairytale 4 10 3 10 1 Fairy Tales Release Date: 15 May 2009 (U.S.)
Norway: 3-times-platinum
2009 Funny Little World - - - - 1 Fairy Tales
2009 Roll With The Wind - - - - 10 Fairy Tales

Awards

Anders * 2004-year cultural prize
* 2006 winning the talent competition Kjempesjansen
* 2007 Heddaprisen for Anatevka (Oslo Nye Teater)
* 2009 victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Alexander Rybak Pictures ( 10 Pictures)