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Karsten Troyke (born Karsten Bertolt Sellhorn on 14 August 1960 in Berlin) is a German singer of Jewish songs, as well as an actor and speaker.




Early life


Troyke was born to a family with some Jewish ancestry, but is not matrilineally Jewish. His father Werner "Josh" Sellhorn had a Jewish father, who hid the family tree from officials by buying a fake "Aryan passport".
Troyke worked in various jobs: as a gardener and with cognitively challenged children. He studied singing (with Leonore Gendries) as well as drama and speaking, performing on stage since 1982.




Career


In 1990 he gave up work to dedicate himself full-time to musical performance and theater. Troyke participated in radio plays, worked as a voice actor (dubbing), and appeared 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 Jidische Vergessene Lieder (1997) contained previously unpublished songs of Sara Bialas Tenenberg, who became his mentor for the Yiddish language.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 worked 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, Shura Lipovsky, Myriam Fuks, and The KlezRoym.
Troyke holds workshops on interpreting Yiddish songs and teaches rare songs from his collection. He was a guest professor at the Jewish Music Institute of School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, at Carleton College Northfield (Minnesota) and at the summer school of Centre Medem, Paris.




Work






= Books

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Fritz Mordechai Kaufmann Die schoensten Lieder der Ostjuden, reprint from Berlin 1920 (2001), with translations by Karsten Troyke




= Recordings

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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
1999 Shuloym Alaykhem - The Old Yiddish Songs
1998 Troyke singt Kreisler
2001 Chanson Total with Suzanna
2005 Grüne Blätter (remastered)
2006 Tango Oyf Yiddish
2011: Unser war die Nacht (Troyke, Suzanna & Trio Scho), iTunes edition only
2012: Live - Klezmer Konzert (Troyke, Trio Scho), iTunes edition only
2012 Tango Oyf Yiddish Vol.2, Oriente Musik
2014 Yiddish Troubadour, Raumer Records
2015 Zol Zayn - Yiddish Songs, (Troyke & Daniel Weltlinger), Rectify Records
2015 Ich kann tanzen, (Troyke & Daniel Weltlinger), Rectify Records
In collaboration:

1993 Tu Balval, Suzanna
1994 Váci Utca, Peter M. Haas, Martin Frisch
1995 T&FF Rudolstadt '94
1997 Diadromes, Alec Kopyt & Poza (klezmer and Gypsy music)
1998 Dui Dui, Suzanna
1999 Jazz Lyrik Prosa II
1999 Old Russian Popsongs, Trio Scho
1999 Wege, Bettina Wegner
2000 Mit Josh um halb acht, reading of Josh Sellhorn
2000 Lachen und lachen lassen
2001 Schlaf schneller, Genosse, Ursula Karusseit, Günther Junghans, Trio Scho
2001 Alles, was ich wünsche, Bettina Wegner
2002 Schweineparadies, Die Bösen Mädchen
2003 Mein Bruder, Bettina Wegner
2004 Liebeslieder, Bettina Wegner
2005 Jazz Lyrik Prosa III
2005 Der Entenkönig, a radio play
2008: a Spil af Yiddish, Mark Aizikovitch
2008: Abschiedstournee, Bettina Wegner
2009: Sol Sajn: Jiddische Musik in Deutschland und ihre Einflüsse (Yiddish Music in Germany and Its Influences) (Troyke Vol.2 and Vol.4), Bear Family
2015 Lauter Liebeslieder, Suzanna & friends




External links


Karsten Troyke homepage
Karsten Troyke on Myspace
Raumer Records (CDs by Karsten Troyke)




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Karsten Troyke
• Abraham Sutzkever
• List of multilingual bands and artists
• Mihály Erdélyi
• Yiddish Summer Weimar
• Bettina Wegner
• Hevenu shalom aleichem