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Rybak was born in Minsk, which at that time was part of Soviet Belarus.His parents hail from the town of 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 which he was part of.
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Trolle og den magiske fela (Trolle and the magical violin) is the fifth studio album and the first Norwegian-language album by the Belarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak, released on 2 November 2015, alongside the eponymous children's book.
[5] Eurovisionary stated Rybak seemingly suffered from the commercial success of his previous album and this album was a "messy affair". [6] A Dutch reviewer suggested that Rybak could have done better by spreading his music over multiple albums. [7] Critics generally named "Dare I Say" and "Why Not Me" the best songs on the albums.
A music video was shot by Oleksandr Filatovych in Kyiv and released in June 2012 by both Rybak's own music channel and ELLO. By July 2020, the music video had reached to over 10 million views. [10] In 2014, Norwegian musician Øivind Elgenes made a cover of the song as part of Alexander Rybak's day on the musical programme Hver gang vi møtes. [2]
"Rybak is seducing, but not entirely convincing" their critic stated, giving it 4 out of 6 points. [4] Aftenposten gave it 5 out of 6 stars, calling Rybak "a complete artist." [ 5 ] Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet , however, caused a stir by giving the record merely 1 star and hurling epithets like "violin hobbit" and "smurf hits" at the artist ...
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Alexander Rybak won with the song "That's How You Write a Song", receiving 71% of the vote in the Gold Duel. The song competed in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, held on 10 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.