Alexander Rybak
Alexander Rybak is a Norwegian musician, singer, composer and actor, born in Belarus in 1986 and living in Norway from 1990.
Rybak began to play the violin when he was aged five, and for a long time his father taught him. Later he has been a student of Professor Isaac Schuldman at Norwegian Academy of Music, Alf Richard Kraggerud, Eileen Siegel and Lena Rist-Larsen, among others.
The autumn of 2006 Alexander Rybak won the talent competition Kjempesjansen (literally: The Giant Opportunity) broadcast by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and in 2007 he made his theatre debut in Fiddler on the Roof at Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre). Rybak performed the role of the fiddler.
He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song Fairytale, for which he had written both the lyrics and the melody. May 16 he won the international final in Moscow. Two weeks later he launched the album Fairytales, and later he has released the albums No Boundaries (2010) and Visa vid vindens ängar (2011). The latter he made in collaboration with Swedish Mats Paulson.
Rybak also had a part in the Norwegian movie for children called Yohan - the Child Wanderers (2010).
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(Objekt ID 18337)| Object type | Person |
| Nationality | Belarussian |
| Gender | Male |
Alexander Rybak won The Hedda Award 2007 in the debut of the year category for the role of the fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof at Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre).
The Hedda Jury gave the following reason:
"Despite his young age - he recently celebrated his 21th birthday - the debut of the year winner already has won competitions, received awards, participated at festivals and toured in Norway and abroad. He still enters within the debut category, because he, until now, had not performed at theatre stages. That happened for the first time this winter, in a role in which he in addition to excelling musically also impressed and charmed his audience with his spontaneous joy in acting, and his incredible stage presence.
The debut of the year winner is Alexander Rybak, for his efforts as the Fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof at Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre), the spring of 2007."
Sources:
The Hedda Award
Store Norske Leksikon, Alexander Rybak, http://snl.no/Alexander_Rybak
| Title | Premiere | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Fiddler on the Roof (Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)) | January 31, 2007 | Musician |