Karsten Troyke

He studied singing (with Leonore Gendries) as well as drama and speaking, performing on stage since 1982.

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Jidische Vergessene Lieder (1997) contained previously unpublished songs of Sara Bialas Tenenberg, who became his mentor for the Yiddish language.

His interpretations of the songs of Georg Kreisler received mention in the writer-musician's 2005 biography.

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.