BIO: was born on May 13th 1986 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. At the age of five, Alexander and his little family of three moved to Norway and settled at Nesodden near Oslo. Alexanders parents are both professional musicians and they taught their son to play the violin and piano from an early age. Soon, he had to choose between his two instruments and he decided to go with the violin. He still plays the piano – as a hobby – along with the guitar. ..... Read more Bio here: http://www.alexanderrybak.com/bio EDUCATION: Full scholarship at the prestigious, english summer-school “Meadowmount School of Music“, 2003 – only given to 3 students in the world every year. High School (Videregående) at Rud Music, Dance and Drama. Bachelor in executive violin at Barrat Dues Musikkinstitutt, 2012. Grade A at final exam. AWARDS & RELEASES: Winner of “Sparre Olsen – competition for young classical musicians“, in 2000 and 2001. Winner of ”Anders Jahres Culture-Award” 2004. Winner of TV- talent-competition “Kjempesjansen” 2006. Winner of the ”Hedda-Award” to the “Newcomer of the year in Norwegian Theater”, 2007, for the title role in “Fiddler on the Roof” at Oslo Nye Teater. Winner of “Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix” 2009, with the highest score of all times. Winner of “Eurovision Song Contest” 2009, with the highest score of all times. Winner of “Australian Radio Listeners Award” for European musicians, 2009. Winner of the “Marcel Bezencon Press Award” at Eurovision 2009. Winner of Russian Grammy for ”Newcomer of the year” 2010. Winner of Norwegian Grammy-awards: “Spellemann of the Year” 2010. Winner of ”International Russian Name Award” in Moscow 2011. Winner of ”Countrymen of the Year”. Belarus 2013. RELEASES: Albums: "Fairytales" (2009) "Zimnyaya Skazka" (2010) "No Boundaries" (2010) "Nebesa Evropy" (2011) "Visa Vid Vindens Ängar" (2011) "Christmas Tales" (2012) "Trolle og den Magiske Fela" (2015) Singles: "Foolin´" (2006) "Fairytale" (2009) "Funny Little World" (2009) "Roll With The Wind" (2009) "Ya Neveryu v Chudesa" (2009) "Europe Skies" (2010) "Fela Igjen" (2010) "Oah" (2010) "Skazka" (2010) "Resan Till Dig" (2011) "Nebesa Evropy" (2011) "Strela Amura" (2012) "I'll Show You" (2012) "Leave Me Alone" (2012) "Dostala" (2012) "Presents" (2012) "5 to 7 Years"(2013) "Into A Fantasy" (2014) - Official Soundtrack of "How To Train Your Dragon 2" "What I Long For" (2014) - From "The Hit". "“Котик” / “Kotik” (2015) "Blandt Fjell" from "Trolle og Den Magiske Fela (2015) "I love you as before"/ "Люблю тебя как раньше"(2016) "I Came to Love You"(2016) "Return" (2016) "Foolin" (2016) "Fever" (2017) "Looking My Way" (2017) "Til Julie" (2017) "Fairytale Duett" (2017) with Franziska Wiese "That's How You Write A Song" (2018) Music Videos: "Fairytale" (2009) "Roll With The Wind" (2009) "Funny Little World" (2009) "Ya Neveryu v Chudesa" (2009) "Fela Igjen" (2010) "Oah" (2010) "Europe Skies" & "Nebesa Evropy" two versions (2010) "Nebashil Europy" (2011) "Strela Amura" (2012) "Dostala" & "Leave Me Alone" two versions (2012) "5 to 7 Years" (2013) "Into A Fantasy" (2014) "What I Long For" (2014) “Котик” / “Kotik” (2015) "Blandt Fjell" (2015) "Venner" (2015) "Abrazame"(2016) "I love you as before"/ "Люблю тебя как раньше"(2016) "I Came to Love You"(2016) "I Want my Tears Back" (2016) "Return" (2016) "Foolin" (2016) "Fever" (2017) "Looking My Way" (2017) "Til Julie" (2017) "Fairytale Duett" (2017) w. Franziska Wiese "That's How You Write A Song" (2018) OTHER RELEASES: "Fairytale The Movie" DVD (2009) "Some Sunny Night - Live in Lillesand" (Musical - 2009) "Yohan: The Child Wanderer" (Film - 2010) "Dragetreneren" (Animated Movie - 2010) "Mumintrollet - Kometen Kommer" (Animated Movie - 2010) "Alexander Rybak Songbook" (2010) “Alexander Rybak Songbook for Young Violinists” (2011) "Trolle og Den Magiske Fela" - Book with 3 CDs (2015) The Official Facebook Page of Alexander Rybak.