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Alexander Rybak Fairytale
Alexander Rybak (born in Minsk, Soviet Union (now Belarus) on May 13, 1986) is a Norwegian-Belarusian violinist, singer, composer and actor. Rybak will represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia.
He was born in the former Soviet Union in what is now Belarus, he and his parents moved to Norway when Rybak was four years old, and that is where he grew up
He has been playing instruments since the age of 5, and he can now play the violin and to some extent the piano. Rybak's parents are Natalia Valentinovna Rybak who is a known piano player and Igor Alexandrovich Rybak who is a known violin player in Norway. Alexander has stated I always liked to entertain and somehow that is my vocation.
Norway Eurovision 2009 song Lyrics.
He was awarded the highly respected Anders Jahres Culture Prize 2004.He entered the Norway's version of Idol reaching the semi final and in 2006 he won the talent competition The Big Chance (Kjempesjansen) on NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) with his own song Foolin.
Alexander Rybak has collaborated with artists like a-has lead singer Morten Harket and Arve Tellefsen. As of 2007, Rybak played the fiddler in Oslo Nye Teater's production Fiddler on the Roof for this role he won the Heddaprisen
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