Karsten Troyke

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Karsten Troyke (born Karsten Bertolt Sellhorn on 14 August 1960 in Berlin) is a German singer, actor, and speaker. He is best known as an interpreter of Yiddish song. Life Performing on stage since 1982, Troyke had earlier worked as a gardener and with mentally handicapped children. He studied singing (with Leonore Gendries) as well as drama and speaking, and in 1990 he gave up his work to dedicate himself completely to musical performance and theater. Troyke participated in radio plays, worked as a voice actor (dubbing), and participated in various stage plays. As a singer, his album Yiddish Anders (1992) received the praise of German record critics. Jidische Vergessene Lieder (1997) contained previously unpublished songs of Sara Bialas Tenenberg, who became his mentor for the Yiddish language. In his performances Troyke often works with Bettina Wegner, Suzanna and the Trio Scho. His interpretations of the songs of Georg Kreisler received mention in the writer/musician's 2005 biography. In 2006 two documentaries, Yiddish Soul and Concert Yiddish Soul, featured Troyke and other performers of Yiddish music. Work Books Fritz Mordechai Kaufmann Old Yiddish Songs, reprint from Berlin 1920 (2001), with translations by Troyke Recordings 1991 Shuloym Alaykhem (1991) 1992 Yiddish Anders (Hermann Anders - Band) 1994 Leg den Kopf auf meine Knie, with writings of Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Itzik Manger und Abraham Sutzkever 1996 Grüne Blätter 1997 Jidische Vergessene Lieder 1

top songs

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Forgotten Yiddish Songs of Sara Bialas-Tenenberg

Best Of Troyke's Yiddish Songs

Dus Gezang Fin Mayn Harts - Tango Oyf Yiddish

Yiddish Anders

Yiddish Troubadour

Leg Den Kopf auf Meine Knie

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Die Abschiedstournee

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Klezmer Concert

Grüne Blätter

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Unser War Die Nacht - World Music From Berlin

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Dus Gezang - Yiddish Tango

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Troyke Singt Kreisler

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