12 május 2019

EN || Alexander Rybak's celebration week - 13th-19th May 2009, article in amta.no, 11.5.2009

Celebration week for Alexander 13th-19th May - during and after ESC-2009-Moscow 

Alexander Rybak can have a lot to celebrate in just under a week. |  Photo: Vidar Ruud, ANB

Text: By Ann-Turi Ford and Erik Inderhaug | Published: amta.no | 11. May 2009

HU|EN - Single and music video "I'm still here" by Alexander Rybak - release 10th May 2019

"I’m Still Here” is a ballad that I dedicate to all my faithful fans throughout 10 years after "Fairytale".”
"Az I'm Still Here" egy ballada, amelyet hűséges a rajongóimnak ajánlok, akik 10 évvel a "Fairytale" után is velem vannak."                                                                                                             - Alexander
It is actually a song Alexander wrote Franklin Calleja he performed at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015 as his competing entry in the Maltese national final that year.
The song was now re-released in the version sung by Alexander himself - not less beautifully -, along with a music video




09 május 2019

From Moscow to chaos - article on nrk.no, 18.5.2009


Alexander Rybak in the NRK bus

Text: Eirik Sivertsen | Photos: NRK/Eirik Sivertsen | Published: on nrk.no | 18.5.2009 | Translated by Mónika Menyhért

Thousands of happy Norwegians had extended the national day festivities to celebrate the hero from Moscow when he landed with NRK's ​​delegation at Gardermoen last night.

30 április 2019

ALEXANDER RYBAK IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2018 LISBON








ALEXANDER IN ESC FOR THE SECOND TIME- CHRONICLE OF THE EUROVISION WEEK 2018 -


On the 10th March 2018, Alexander won the Norwegian ESC  preselection Melodi Grand Prix for the second time, thus again got the right to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest with his own-composed song “That’s How Write a Song”both as a composer and performer.
He and his team consisting of dancers and vocalists won the semi-final of 10th May. Thus they, of course, qualified for the final of the 12th May - and ended at the 15th place.
Photos and videos below

29 április 2019

HU || A VÁNDORMUZSIKUS 2008 nyarán - Cikk a Sunnmørsposten-ben | 2008.07.19.

A VÁNDORMUZSIKUS

Jövő héten Alexander Rybak Giske településen házról házra jár majd, és szállásért és kosztért hegedül a háziaknak.

Szöveg és fotók: Nils-Ove Støbakk || Megjelent: Sunnmørsposten2008.07.19. || Fordítás: Menyhért Mónika || ➡in English || ➡auf Deutsch





24 április 2019

Fela igjen - The Nesodden project - videos, lyrics and interviews 2010/2018



Photos in the cover picture from amta.no and aftenposten.no

An article in amta.no:

"Fela igjen" - The Nesodden project

Text: Henriette Slaatsveen | Published: amta.no | 12.5.2018


We travel back to 2010 when Alexander Rybak released the song "Fela igjen". The song was a true Nesodden product. Rybak had collaborated with his three childhood friends: Anders Krohn, Morten Friis-Lund and Thomas Wærnes.


17 április 2019

GER || DER WANDERNDE FIEDLER - Artikel in Sunnmørsposten | 19.7.2008

DER WANDERNDE FIEDLER

Nächste Woche wird Alexander Rybak in der Gemeinde Giske von Tür zu Tür gehen und Geige spielen, und dafür Unterkunft und zu essen bekommen.

Text und Fotos: Nils-Ove Støbakk || Veröffenlicht in Sunnmørsposten am 19.7.2008 || Übersetzt von Mónika Menyhért || auf ➡Englisch Magyarul




15 április 2019

Kjempesjansen-winner Alexander Rybak in Kors Church - 25.11.2006

The Kjempesjansen-winner in Kors Church


Text: Marie Aubert || Published in Bergens Tidende | 25.11.2006 || Translated by Mónika Menyhért


A week ago, Alexander Rybak won the NRK's Kjempesjansen ("The Great Chance"). Tonight, he plays Mozart's "Requiem" in Korskirken (Kors Church) and also presents a Christmas song he has written himself


WINNER: Alexander Rybak is first violinist
in Mozart's "Requiem" in Kors Church tonight
ARKIVFOTO: LISE ÅSERUD Foto: Åserud, Lise

With violin, vocal and self-written song, the boy from Oslo went to the top among the viewers, and ran away with 382,000 kroner. Tonight he acts as orchestra leader in Ung Symfoni (Young Symphony).

Ung Symfoni is one of Norway's largest symphony orchestras for youth between the ages of 14 and 25. Most come from Hordaland, but young musicians from all over southern Norway are present. Alexander Rybak has been involved for two years.

10 április 2019

RYBAK’S UNKNOWN PAST IN LARVIK - article in Østlands-Posten, 8.5.2009

Rybak’s unknown past in Larvik


Text: Kjeld-Willy Hansen | Published: in Østlands-Posten | 8.5.2009 
Translated by Mónika Menyhért 
who is not native either in the Norwegian or in the English language, 
so any correction is welcomed and appreciated


A Russian street musician and his eight-year-old violin-playing son.