Karsten Troyke - Grüne Blätter

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.

Troyke was born to a non-Jewish mother and a Jewish father. He 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.

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 Jidische vergessene Lieder (1997) contained previously unpublished songs of Sara Bialas Tenenberg, who became his mentor for the Yiddish language.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 interpretating 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.


Tracklist:

1	Furn Furt Men		2:05
2	Dus Kelbl		2:18
3	Unter Grattes		3:35
4	Grine Bletter		4:02
5	Shir Hanoded		3:46
6	Yiddisher Tango		4:15
7	Di Kurt		3:28
8	Hora Für Franka		4:42
9	La Casuta Dintre Gârle		3:03
10	Di Mesinke Oysgegebn		2:36
11	Gehat Hob Ich A Heym		3:53
12	Separacíon		2:07
13	I'm Crazy Far She		3:13
14	Abi Gesint		3:38
15	Di Necht Fîn Amul		2:08
16	A Retenish		3:57

Karsten Troyke - Grüne Blätter

(320 kbps, front cover included)