Eurovision 2009 winner alexander rybak biography

Alexander Igorevich Rybak (born 13 May 1986) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer-songwriter, violinist, pianist and actor. He represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia.

Rybak won the contest with 387 points – the highest score achieved by any country in Eurovision history under the old voting system – with "Fairytale", a song he wrote himself.

Infancy 

Rybak was born in Minsk, Belarus, which was then the Byelorussian SSR in the Soviet Union.

When he was four years old, he and his family moved to Nesodden, Norway.

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Rybak was raised in the Russian Orthodox faith. At the age of five, Rybak began playing the piano and violin. His parents are Natalia Valentinovna Rybak, a classical pianist, and Igor Alexandrovich Rybak, a renowned classical violinist who performs with Pinchas Zukerman. 

He stated: "I've always liked creativity, and somehow this is my calling." Rybak bought a new apartment and now lives in Aker Bruges (Oslo, Norway).

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