Karsten Troyke
Karsten Troyke (* 14. August 1960 in East Berlin as Karsten Bertolt Sellhorn ) is a German chanson singer , actor and speaker who is primarily concerned with Yiddish made a name songs.
Life
Troyke learned the gardening trade and later worked with mentally handicapped children. From 1982 he is on stage. He dedicated his first public appearances to so-called "Gypsy music". On the side he took singing lessons from Leonore Gendries as well as lessons in acting and speech training . From 1990 he devoted himself entirely to song programs and theater (including Vaganten Bühne Berlin, Hackesches Hoftheater , Teatr Kreatur).
He participated in radio plays, worked as a voice actor and was seen in various stage plays. As an ambassador of the “Yiddish Song”, he has toured a number of countries such as Poland, France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Australia, Israel, USA, Croatia and Sweden since 1989.
His album Yiddish Anders (1992) received the German Record Critics' Prize . His CD Forgotten Songs , published in 1997, contains previously unpublished songs from the memory of Sara Bialas-Tenenberg, who also became his mentor for the Yiddish language.
In his chanson programs, Troyke mainly worked with Bettina Wegner , Suzanna and the Trio Scho . His interpretations of songs by Georg Kreisler were mentioned in his first biography, published in 2005.
In 2006 two documentaries appeared with Troyke in Belgium (Les Films de la Mémoire), Yiddish Soul and Yiddish Soul - The Concert . In 2007 he was a permanent guest soloist on Bettina Wegner's farewell tour. In 2008 and 2009, in addition to his concerts, he again played theater in the ensemble of Miriam Sachs.
Troyke gives workshops on the interpretation of Yiddish songs, mediates rare songs from his collection, taught a.o. a. in the Jewish Music Institute of SOAS London, in Carleton College in Northfield (Minnesota) and most recently in the summer school of the Center Medem , Paris.
In his concerts since 2006 he has mainly devoted himself to forgotten Yiddish tangos , he is accompanied by Trio Scho and Jan Hermerschmidt . Since 2015 he has been performing mostly in a duo with Yiddish jazz, with Sharon Brauner being his partner .
He is a son of Werner Sellhorn , grandson Isot Kilian and uncle of Tino Mewes . For his 60th birthday a biographical portrait was published on haGalil
Works
Books (as co-editor)
- Fritz Mordechai Kaufmann : The most beautiful songs of the Eastern Jews - forty-seven selected folk songs . Facsimile from 1920, reissued and translated by Karsten Troyke and Achim Freudenstein. Achims Verlag, Edermünde 2001. ISBN 978-3932435096
CD publications
Albums
- 1991: Shuloym Alaykhem , Fish & Cycle Vienna
- 1992: Yiddish Anders (with the Hermann Anders Band), Nebelhorn
- 1994: Lay my head on my knees , with texts by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger , Itzik Manger and Abraham Sutzkever , Raumer Records
- 1996: Grüne Blätter (with Andrej Soudnitsyn and Peter M. Haas ), Raumer Records
- 1997: Yiddish Forgotten Songs , Raumer Records
- 1999: Shuloym Alaykhem - The Old Yiddish Songs , Raumer Records
- 1998: Troyke sings Kreisler , Raumer Records
- 2001: Chanson Total (Troyke & Suzanna ), Raumer Records
- 2005: Grüne Blätter - remastered , Raumer Records
- 2006: Tango Oyf Yiddish , Oriente Music
- 2006: Rare Songs of Georg Kreisler (Troyke & Suzanna), Raumer Records
- 2011: Ours was the night (Troyke, Suzanna & Trio Scho ), only download edition
- 2012: Live Klezmer concert (Troyke, Jan Hermerschmidt , Trio Scho), only download edition
- 2012: Tango Oyf Yiddish Vol.2 , Oriente Music
- 2013: Yiddish Troubadour , Raumer Records
- 2015: Zol Zayn - Yiddish Songs , (Troyke & Daniel Weltlinger ), Rectify Records
- 2015: I can dance , (Troyke & Daniel Weltlinger ), Rectify Records
- 2017: The world and I , Troyke Records / Calyram, only download edition
- 2018: Yiddish Berlin (Troyke & Sharon Brauner), Troyke Records / Calygram
Participation (selection)
- 1993: Tu Balval , Suzanna
- 1994: Váci Utca , Peter M. Haas , Martin Frisch
- 1995: T&FF Rudolstadt '94
- 1997: Diadromes , Klezmer & Gipsy, Alec Kopyt & Poza
- 1998: Dui Dui , Suzanna
- 1999: Jazz Lyrik Prosa II
- 1999: Old Russian Popsongs , Trio Scho
- 1999: ways , Bettina Wegner
- 2000: With Josh at half past seven , Werner Josh Sellhorn reads
- 2000: Laugh and let us laugh , various Eulenspiegel authors
- 2001: Sleep faster, comrade , Ursula Karusseit , Günter Junghans , Trio Scho
- 2001: Everything I want , Bettina Wegner
- 2002: Pig Paradise , The Bad Girls
- 2003: My brother , Bettina Wegner
- 2004: love songs , Bettina Wegner
- 2005: Jazz Lyrik Prosa III
- 2005: The Duck King (radio play)
- 2008: a Spil af Yiddish , Mark Aizikovitch
- 2008: Farewell tour , Bettina Wegner
- 2009: Sol Sajn: Yiddish Music in Germany and its Influences (Troyke on Vol.2 and Vol.4), Bear Family
- 2015 Lots of love songs , Suzanna & Friends
Radio plays
- 1987: Bodo Schulenburg : The Calf and the Swallow - Director: Manfred Täubert (Children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
Movie
- 2016: The Christmas Story (Narrator)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roland Kaufhold: "We celebrate life and love!" In: hagalil.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020 .
- ^ "Roland Kaufhold": "... songs from the concentration camp, hits from the DP camp". The Yiddish singer Karsten Troyke. haGalil.com, August 20, 2020, accessed August 20, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Troyke, Karsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sellhorn, Karsten Bertolt (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chanson singer, actor and speaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Berlin |