Alek Sandar

Alek Sandar
Alek Sandar performing at the NMS New York Music Festival, Webster Hall, June 2012.jpg
Born	Aleksandar Nikolov (1987-06-13) June 13, 1987 (age 30) Sofia, Bulgaria
Website	http://www.alek-sandar.com

Alek Sandar (Bulgarian: Александър Николов) (born June 13, 1987), whose birth name is Aleksandar Nikolov, is a music producer, songwriter and recording artist. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Alek Sandar has been raised in Germany and moved to the United States in 2009. Alek is known for his singles "P.O.R.N."(feat. Amanda Lepore), "Creature In Me", "Say That You Love Me", "Peaceful Place" (a duet with Balkan Superstar Andrea), "It Ain't Over" & "You and Me" featuring Bulgarian singer DESS a.k.a. Desi Slava, who is considered to be one of the greatest voices of contemporary Bulgarian music. In 2016, Alek is one of the top celebrities in the 8th season of the TV show VIP Brother, the Bulgarian Celebrity Big Brother adaptation of the global reality TV show Big Brother, known to be the most-watched contemporary Bulgarian TV show.

Alek Sandar is co-founder of the German Berlin-based dance / pop music label Splendid Sounds Records and has further produced music for Universal Music Germany, Payner Music Bulgaria and more. In 2010 and 2011, Alek Sandar produced the album “Beast“ for German recording artist Oscar Loya. Alek Sandar further produced remixes for UK based musician Frankmusik (2011), French artist Jérémy Amelin (2009), Australian singer Kimbra (2012) and Bulgarian singer Andrea (2010). In 2013 - 2016, Alek charted very big hits in Bulgaria as a songwriter, composing hits like "Samo Za Minuta" by feat. , "Nepovtorim" by Kamelia and "Parata Ako Hvana" by . in 2016, "Parata Ako Hvana" won a Planeta TV Award for "Club Hit of the Year".

Alek Sandar was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 13, 1987. Sandar started playing the piano and singing in the Bulgarian National Group Radiodeca (Radiochildren) at the early age of 5 years. At the age of 8, Alek Sandar composed his first song, a ballad dedicated to his sister. In the same year, Alek Sandar had his very first appearance in the prestigious TV show Kato Luvovete (Like The Lions) in front of a national audience. In the following years, Alek Sandar was the Bulgarian voice-over of “Roo” in Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh. In 1995, Alek and his family moved to Oldenburg, Germany, where his father works as an opera singer until today. In Oldenburg, Alek Sandar took acting classes and played leading roles in productions of the German National Theater Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. While always excelling in school, Alek Sandar spun records as a DJ at school parties and smaller clubs in Northern Germany for several years and set up his first home studio at the age of 14. After graduating high school, Alek Sandar studied International Business Management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, École supérieure du commerce extérieur Paris and Baruch College, New York City.