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His life has become a fairytale almost two years ago. But does the fairytale continue nowadays? The winner of Eurovision 2009 - Alexander Rybak!
- Hi, Sasha! Thank you for coming. - Nice to meet you. Hi! Of course, I came.
- How do you live nowadays? Does the fairytale continue? - Yes.
- What kind of fairytale it is? - Now the fairytale is a little bit different.
Now the fairytale is in the matter that I can decide everything myself. Last year everything was new every day, I had three concerts every day,
and now I deliberately refuse the many concerts and corporative parties to get well prepared, to prepare myself for two days before the concert,
then I give the public a good concert, and then I can have a rest for 1 or 2 days.
You came to us with a violin in your hands. Do you ever part with it?
- Of course! - Probably only when you sleep?
No, no, no, it's not quite the same as with the other violinists, they...
Do you have a difficult life? Do you have a strict schedule where it is written everything you do?
- No. - So, you control the process of creation by yourself? - Yes.
So, nobody interferes in the process? Neither the producers, nor the administrators?
But I invite the producers and the administrators to help me. But I don't want to work for a company. I want better to invite the company to work for me.
Not only I have an opportunity to communicate with Alexander Rybak, but you do as well. Telephone number 49... Good morning!
- Good morning! - Hello! What is your name and what is your question to Alexander?
- What is your name? - My name is Sashko Skrypka.
- Sashko, this is a kid. - A beautiful name. But it's better to speak Russian, ok?
Alexander is calling Alexander. Your question, please.
I want to ask this question - how did you manage to make such a beautiful career?
Back again to the fairytale. How did you manage that?
It would be better if the question was - how did you manage to make such a good song?
Because a career always starts with a creation. And I was just lucky, honestly speaking.
I was on a journey in the mountains and I started to play a melody and I liked it, then I entered the contest and won it.
And from the age of 5 you compose, sing, play violin, piano...
Yes, of course, there was another one moment - I was practicing a lot when I was little, I practiced on the violin a lot.
- Did you like that in your childhood? - No!
- Did your parents force you to practice? - Yes, they forced me.
I think it's a Russian school to force the children to what they are talented in. You need to make them doing what they don't want to do.
And what they want to do is better to push away.
Our parents are always wiser than us, you know that yourself. Good morning! Who have called us?
Good morning! - Hello, your question, please!
This is the question - Alexander, you have been in Crimea, do you plan to have concerts in Crimea?
Oi, but I've been in Crimea just now. We were filming the new video.
There is a new song Nebesa Evropi (Europe's skies) and I think in 2-3 weeks there will be the new clip.
But unfortunately we didn't have time for the concerts there.
How was Crimea to you? Did you have time to swim, to sunbath on the Crimea beachs?
Yes. We didn't have time for the concerts but we did have for a swimming.
Telephone number 494ů. You can ask Alexander Rybak questions.
You stopped performing at the corporative parties, seemingly you have earned some money, right?
And now you have an opportunity to develop yourself further in your creation.
- Yes. - But still, if they will offer you the big moneyů
No, I'm not saying that I categorically refuse that. I mean that the jobs I take would be the best ones possible.
So, I would give 110% of energy, and for that I need to prepare myself and have a rest for the two days before,
so I would not have my mind in the thousands of the different places all the time.
Good morning, we have one more call. Our guest is Alexander Rybak.
- Good morning! - Good morning, speak a bit louder, please.
- Hello! - Fanally, everybody lose voice when they realize that they can ask Rybak a question.
- Hello. - Hello, ask the question, please.
- Are you talking to me? - We are talking to you, ask your question, please!
- How do you do. - It's very nice to meet you.
I'm 59 years old already, and you are like a son, like a grandson for me.
- It's very pleasant. - I wish you all the bestů
- Let's say like a son, right?
- Yes, I have 2 sons of 35 years old, and they drink *** heavily...
Ah, and I don't drink heavily. I do slightly.
There is a good boy. No need to drink, because you live and the people live by you, and I wish you all the best.
Thank you very much. You see, she heard how I stumble in Russian language and she thought at once that it's because of ***.
- But you are not friends with the strong drinks as you have said? - No.
How do you relax?
They are not friends with me either. Because if once in a month I try a little bit of something then I get to feel very bad.
- But how do you relax after the crazy concerts? - The computer games.
- The computer games! One more sensation from Alexander Rybak. - Or to play the computer games with a girl.
- With girls? - With a girl! The one is enough.
Well, ok. After the news break we will be back to a talk with Alexander Rybak and he has prepared something incredible for us.
There will be a premiere of the song in Snidanok, with the real violin and the real fiddling-girls down there.
Our guest is a winner of Eurovision 2009 Alexander Rybak. Alexander, you said that you play the computer games with girls, and in the real life how is it going?
But this is... You will not find the life more real than that.
You will not find the life more real than playing the computer games with girls.
- Well, yes. - A cheerful life those Belarusian Norwegians have.
I noticed that the hair on your violin bow breaks often. Is it some trick that it breaks because of the tension or...?
Well, yes, when I play pop-music, then I press it hard.
We know that in the 19th century there was a Norwegian composer and violinist - Ole Bull.
We, the Norwegians, are very proud of him.
He was appreciated and admired by Paganini and he could play four different pieces on the four strings at the same time. Can you do this too?
- Yes, he was a virtuoso, you can say. - Can you do the same?
- And I'm more of a circus artist. - Come on, show us a circus.
- Well, I can play behind my back or like this.
- Try to play behind your back. - Well.. Like that...
- But there already is a lack ofů - I didn't touch anything!
Now I need again to buy a new bow.
Sasha, I can not help asking you - did you count how many times you sang Fairytale?
- No, why to count? - Because it could be heard from everywhereů
And did you count how many times you did here...?
No. But I know exactly that I've been here for 4 weeks only. Today is a celebration you can say.
- Then you was counting. - Well, then I was, but I was not counting the number of guests.
And I do not count.
But still, are you tired of performing this song? Tell honestly.
No. But, of course, I want to show that I have the other songs as well.
As far as I know you will have a concert together with the Ukrainian singer Vitali Kozlovski.
- Yes. - He's a very good guy and a very good artist.
You will perform in the concert hall Oktyabrski in October. Why it will be exactly this kind of duet?
It's not exactly a duet, we will perform in turns, first he will give a concert, then me. But it's in order to make the concert longer.
- So that people would get the various enjoyments. - A double enjoyment, there will be the two such guys.
But there will not be only two of us. There we engaged the talented children from a school of Lysenko. So, they will sing and dance with us.
We will be looking forward to this concert. And we have one more call. Hello!
- Hello! - Who are you and ask your question quickly.
- Sasha, hello! - Hello, what is your name?
My name is Sveta Honda. Maybe you saw my name on facebook.
I was on your concert in Rostov and even kissed you on a cheek there.
Oi, that's very pleasant. I feel this.
I have the pictures. Sasha, I wanted to ask you, I would like to get for one more time to your solo concert, you know?
It was such a happiness, an hour and a half there was only you and that was wonderful. I'd like to see your solo program.
Come to Kiev on the 19th of October I'll give you a solo concert that will last for a whole hour.
And before that there will sing a great artist Kozlovski Vitali. And after that maybe I'll sing for you something else.
By the way, we are also present on facebook, snidanok1+1, come to us on the Internet. You can come to us too.
With pleasure, I come to you anyway.
Sasha, of course, there is not only Fairytale in your life. During the last two years you have recorded two albums.
And recently you filmed the music video for the song Europe's skies.
- Yes. - Europe's skies, sounds like something romantic, where did it came from?
You can say it's pretty romantic, because I sing about Europe like I would sing about a woman.
That I will always think about you, kind of...But I sing it to Europe.