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Ryk in 2018
Background information
Birth nameRick Jurthe
Born (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 34)
Gehrden, West Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer

Rick Jurthe (born 30 November 1989), known mononymously as Ryk, is a German singer, songwriter and music producer.

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Early life

Rick Jurthe was born in Gehrden, Lower Saxony. At the age of 5, Jurthe received his first piano lessons. Until he was 17, he studied classical training in the Russian school with pianist Vera Spindel, who came from Saint Petersburg. After graduating from Gymnasium in Bad Nenndorf, Jurthe studied composition and music production at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, the Goldsmiths University of London and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. [1] Since then he has worked as a songwriter, composer and music producer for various projects and artists in a wide variety of genres, including: the Cirque du Soleil and the Vienna Symphony. [2] [3]

Career

Jurthe is involved in numerous voluntary projects to promote youth pop culture. In spring 2014 he was awarded the German Student Union Prize for his commitment. [4] In spring 2017, his film music for the short film Samira with Lucas Prisor was nominated for the award for best film music at the Aubagne International Film Festival. [5] Shortly afterwards, Jurthe was hired as composer and musical director of Feuerwerk der Gymnastics, Europe's largest and most successful circus and variety show with 250,000 spectators annually. [6]

On 22 February 2018, Jurthe took part as Ryk in the television show Unser Lied für Lissabon, the German preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. [7] In autumn 2019, Jurthe appeared as a guest singer alongside Conchita Wurst at a crossover concert with the Vienna Symphony in the Stadthalle Vienna. [8]

Jurthe was cast as the lead male vocal role in Cirque du Soleil 's residency show NYSA at the Potsdamer Platz Theatre in Berlin, planned for 2020. The show had been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] For the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which were postponed to 2021, Jurthe designed the musical concept of the FIG Gala in collaboration with the Lower Saxony Gymnastics Association and the International Gymnastics Federation. [10]

For the 75th anniversary of the German state of Lower Saxony, Jurthe composed a symphonic work for the Lower Saxony Youth Symphony Orchestra, which was premiered at a ceremony on 1 November 2021 in the Hanover Kuppelsaal. [11] Since February 2023, Jurthe has been working as creative director of the gymnastics and acrobatics show Feuerwerk der Turnkunst. [12] Jurthe took part in the German preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Oh Boy", [13] ultimately coming third. [14]

Discography

EPs

Singles

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References

  1. ↑ Zarte Klänge beim ESC-Vorentscheid 2018: Das ist Kandidat Ryk. tz. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Mancusi, Conchita / "From Vienna with Love"" (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Benjamin Hertlein (5 November 2019). "Conchita WURST: Neues Album, Tour und gemeinsamer Auftritt mit Ryk" (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. "HMTM Hannover: Studentenwerkspreis für Rick Jurthe" (in German). Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Philippe. "FESTIVAL 2017" (in French). Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Rick Jurthe komponiert Soundtrack für Feuerwerk der Turnkunst". www.neuepresse.de. 28 December 2016. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018.
  7. ↑ NDR. "ESC-Vorentscheid: Das sind die Kandidaten" (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Mancusi, Conchita / "From Vienna with Love"" (in German). 6 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Nysa kommt nicht ins Theater am Potsdamer Platz" (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "FIG - Event Detail" . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Niedersachsen feiert 75. Geburtstag mit großem Festakt". www.ndr.de. 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "DTB Sprossenwand - Musik | Vom Solosänger zum Kreativdirektor" (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  13. ↑ NDR. "Ryk wagt neuen Anlauf und tritt im deutschen ESC-Vorentscheid 2024 an" (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  14. ↑ Mancheño, José Miguel (17 February 2024). "Isaak gana el Das Deutsche Finale y representará a Alemania en el Festival de Eurovisión 2024" [Isaak wins Das Deutsche Finale and will represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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