Yanek Stärk (aka Kenay) is a German songwriter, producer, artist and pianist living in Berlin.

Through his work as a producer and/or songwriter for and with artists such as Sido, Lena, Mark Forster, MoTrip, Kool Savas, Adel Tawil, Ben Zucker, Elif, Celine and Montez, he gained a lot of attention within the German music industry, placed many of his co-written works in the German charts and was awarded with gold and platinum several times.

Among others, he participated as a writer and producer of the movie "Die Schule der magischen Tiere" released in 2021 and the sequel "Die Schule der magischen Tiere 2" released in 2022.

Yanek joined the VERSO management team in 2019.