Alexander Rybak

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alexander Rybak
Occupation	World Music Singer
Date Of Birth	May 13, 1986(1986-05-13)
Age	38
Birthplace	Minsk
Country	Belarus
Horoscope	Taurus

Alexander Rybak Biography

Alexander Rybak is one of the most popular and richest World Music Singer who was born on May 13, 1986 in Minsk, Belarus. Belarusian singer-songwriter and violinist who won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. His debut album, Fairytales, charted at the No. 1 position in Norway and Russia. In 2018, he was chosen to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “That’s How You Write A Song.”

He toured Norway with Elisabeth Andreassen.

Alexander Igoryevich Rybak or Alyaxandr Iharavich Rybak (Belarusian: Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак ; born 13 May 1986), is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist and actor.

Rybak was born in Minsk, Belarus, which at that time was the Belarusian SSR in the Soviet Union. His parents and most of his other family hail from the town Vitebsk, in Northern Belarus. His father Igor Rybak, a well-known classical violinist who performed alongside Pinchas Zukerman, defected to Norway in 1991 after a concert tour of a Belarusian chamber orchestra of which he was part of. Rybak’s father lived with a musical family who gave him shelter and food in exchange for violin lessons for their son. Alexander Rybak and his mother Natalia Rybak (née Gurina), who worked as a music journalist and a piano teacher, arrived in Norway on a tourist visa and were initially refused a residence permit. Eventually, the Rybak family settled in Nesodden in the early 1990s. Rybak and his family received Norwegian citizenship after seven years of residing in Norway.

His parents were both classical musicians. His mother was Natalia Valentinovna Rybak, a pianist, and Igor Alexandrovich Rybak, a violinist.

Alexander Rybak Net Worth

Alexander Rybak is one of the richest World Music Singer from Belarus. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alexander Rybak 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended the Barratt Due Institute of Music, graduating in 2012.

He composed the theme song for the Russian film Black Lightning.

Rybak won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, with a record 387 points, singing “Fairytale”, a song inspired by Norwegian folk music. The song was composed and written by Rybak and was performed with the modern folk dance company Frikar. The song received good reviews with a score of 6 out of 6 in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, and, in an ESCtoday poll, he scored 71.3%, making him the favourite to get into the final.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Alexander Rybak Dating?

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In a December 2009 performance of his hit “Fairytale” at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, held at the Oslo Spektrum, Rybak shared the stage with nine other acts. EMI Norway has just released a film entitled Fairytale, the movie, directed by acclaimed Norwegian director, Rune Langlo, documenting the journey of Alexander Rybak since claiming the top prize for Norway in Moscow.

Facts & Trivia

Alexander Ranked on the list of most popular World Music Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belarus. Alexander Rybak celebrates birthday on May 13 of every year.

At the age of five, Rybak began to play piano and later violin, but eventually picked up violin as his main instrument. He stated “I always liked to entertain and somehow that is my vocation”. He became a student at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo at the age of 10. As a result of his success in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest he took a break from his bachelor’s degree studies at the institute, but in 2011 he returned to his studies and in June 2012 he graduated from the Institute with a Bachelor of Music in violin performance.

Where is Alexander Rybak now?

Rybak bought a new apartment and lives now at Aker Brygge (Oslo, Norway). Rybak speaks Norwegian, Russian and English fluently, and has performed songs in all three languages.

How old was Alexander Rybak when he made Fairytale?

As he was only 23 years old at the time of his victory, one has to take issue with the opening line, “Years ago when I was younger,” unless he was referring to a kindergarten romance, as in the Al Stewart song “A Long Way Down From Stephanie.” >>

What language does Alexander Rybak speak?

Norwegian

Did Fairytale Alexander Rybak win Eurovision?

Alexander Rybak became a household name across Europe after winning the Grand Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest for Norway with the song Fairytale. With a total of 387 points, his victory marked the highest recorded score in the history of the Contest at that time.

Is Alexander Rybak still performing?

Unfortunately there are no concert dates for Alexander Rybak scheduled in 2022. Popularity ranking: Top 10,000.