"Swinging home for Christmas" - Alexander Rybak on concert tour with big band in 2010

- I usually say that I am musically responsible, but financially irresponsible -  Alexander said with a smile in an interview related to the concert tour.

He still decided to plan and go on a large-scale Christmas tour in December 2010.
Because he also thinks:

"Christmas is not about receiving,
but about giving for me." 

This is what he was also inspired by:

Alexander Rybak on tour with his large-scale show "Swinging Home for Christmas" - article on glavred.info

 Alexander Rybak now lives in a bus

Author: Oleg Makarov | Source: Glavred.info | 20.12.2010 | Translated from Russian by Mónika Menyhért

Christmas mood always gives the feeling of a miracle and a fairy tale! Even more of this mood is now given by Alexander Rybak, while continuing to tour with his large-scale Christmas show.

Alexander Rybak - Advent Calendar / Adventi Naptár 2020

KÖVESSÉTEK a --> FACEBOOK-OLDALT és az ADVENTI meglepetés-NAPTÁRban minden nap kibonthattok egy-egy ajándékcsomagot egészen december 24-ig.

Itt, a karácsonyfán visszamenőleg is megtaláljátok az ajándékaitokat - kattints a képre!

FOLLOW THE -->FACEBOOK PAGE for the ADVENT CALENDAR - with lots of surprises.

Take and unpack your gift package every day until December 24th.

Here, on your Christmas tree you can always find all gifts - click on the picture.

 

No audience showed up - article on rb.nett, 27.11.2020

Maria, Alexander and Rune sang
 for an empty church

Author and photos: Hugo Tingvoll | Source: Romsdals Budstikke (site) - in Norwegian (text) | 27.11.2020 | Translated by Mónika Menyhért

All 50 tickets for the evening concert with Alexander Rybak, Rune Larsen and Maria Haukaas Mittet were sold. A mistake by the organizer caused that none of the buyers showed up in Molde Cathedral.

Christmas mood in corona time: This year's Stille Natt  Hellige Natt concert tourin Molde Cathedral became the most special since the start 32 years ago. Alexander Rybak, Ingrid Berg Mehus, Maria Haukaas Mittet, Hans Marius Hoff Mittet, Rune Larsen, Tove Kragset and Bernt Rune Stray experienced that the other of the two concerts was performed almost without the audience. 

Interview with Alexander Rybak & Arad Aria, 20.12.2018

               

 Interview mit Alexander Rybak & Arad Aria

The interview was found and transcribed by @parastoo.ch.81 and @rybak.9083 (Instagram) and translated by Angelina R.

Cover photo from Arad Aria's IG story

Published in the Iranian paper Donyaye Egtesad (The world of economy), December 20, 2018 | Interviewer: Arash Sharifzadeh  

EN-HU | Alexander Rybak on the Scandinavian talk-show “Skavlan”, 25.9.2020

 Alexander Rybak on the Scandinavian talk-show “Skavlan” - interview and classical performance
 Alexander Rybak a "Skavlan" skandináv talk-showban - interjú és előadás 

Alexander - as several times before - was again invited to the big Norwegian talkshow "Skavlan" where his was interviewed by the host Fredrik Skavlan and after that, he was also involved in the talk with Åsa Linderborg journalist, writer. 

Then, for the first time, a the end of the show, he performed a classical piece, "Hungarian Suite"

You can watch their talks in this video, also with English translation. 

Click on the CC on the video screen for subtitles. - MAGYARUL lentebb

The true story behind the song "13 Horses" by Alexander Rybak

 

Alexander himself calls his self-composed song 13 Horses (released on his album "Fairytales" in 2009) one of his best: 

AR|IG|13.9.2020

There was no video to it yet, but an animated video has been now made and uploaded to his YouTube channel - watch the video below. 

Alexander performed the song in many concerts at that time all over Europe, but also in ➔New York, like here:

"Pop music connects people" - interview with Alexander Rybak in Estonian paper, 13.9.2020

ALEXANDER RYBAK: "Pop music connects people from different countries as if they were one soul"

"People think that happiness is when you shine on the stage, when you have many supporters and a lot of friends," says Norwegian Eurovision-singer Alexander Rybak. 

"Yes, it can be so, but you always have to ask at what price it all comes. It only comes with great effort. And you have to like all this effort, only then good music can be born." | Photo: Jörg Kollan

Author: Ivo Karlep | Published on pealinn.ee | 13.9.2020 | Translated by Angelina R.

Alexander Rybak talks openly about the pill abuse - article on tv2.no, 6.9.2020

Rybak talks about the drug problems: 

- I was looking forward to the drug every night 

Alexander Rybak talks openly about the abuse of sleeping pills and antidepressants.

Author: Knut Torgersruud Jr. | Published on tv2.no | 6.9.2020 | Translated by Mónika Menyhért

This summer, Alexander Rybak surprised whole Norway with a very personal post on Instagram and Facebook.

He said he has been living with a secret: He has been addicted to pills, in the form of sleeping pills and antidepressants, for eleven years.

Rybak has no doubt that it was right to be open about his problems.

HU | Alexander Rybak filmzeneszerzést tanul az Egyesült Államokban - cikk a VG-ben, 20.8.8.24

Rybak az Egyesült Államokba költözik - amint a koronavírus-helyzet megengedi

Alexander Rybak az Egyesült Államokba költözik, ahol két évig zenés médiaprodukciók gyártását tanulja majd és szerez diplomát a Chicagó-i Columbia College-ben. Most csak arra vár, hogy újra biztonságos legyen az utazás.
Read the article in ➔ENGLISH