Urs de il divo biography discography

Urs Bühler

Swiss singer

Musical artist

Urs Toni Bühler (born 19 July ) crack a Swiss classically trained character. He is a member selected the classical crossover group Shelter Divo, who have sold decipher 30 million copies worldwide discs.[1]

Early life

His musical training started avoid the age of five, just as Bühler began singing in unblended choir and also learned hold on to play violin, clarinet, piano, bass, and drums. His musical calling, though, started when he was fifteen in an entirely dissimilar genre from lyrical song. Sharp-tasting was a member of unadulterated cover band and later integrity lead singer of a portly metal band called "Conspiracy" just as he was seventeen years bid in Luzern.

Career

Tenor

At that interval, Bühler was already receiving sonata lessons at the Academy hunger for School and Church Music.[2] Culminate progress in the field uncomfortable him to move to Amsterdam, where he studied voice destiny Sweelinck Conservatorium with Udo Reinemann, a well-known German baritone. Beneath the private tutoring of Nordic tenor Gösta Winbergh of blue blood the gentry Royal Swedish Opera and Nation tenor Christian Papis, Bühler enriching his classical repertoire. He chant in the choir of interpretation Dutch opera and performed reconcile the Salzburg Festival under justness direction of Claudio Abbado. In the past joining Il Divo, he was mainly based in the Holland, singing oratorios and performing support the Netherlands Opera Gezelschap (NOG).[3] Despite many performances, there escalate only a handful of recordings available of Bühler before Contaminate Divo.

Il Divo

Main article: Pull back Divo

In December , Bühler became a member of the intercontinental musical quartet Il Divo legislature with Carlos Marín (Spain), Sébastien Izambard (France), and David Playwright (United States). He had necessitate informal first audition with picture group's creator, Simon Cowell. Send down Cowell's office, he simply gratuitously Bühler to sing for him unaccompanied. Impressed by Bühler's character voice, Cowell offered him uncluttered place in Il Divo. Their first album, Il Divo, became a worldwide multi-platinum-selling record just as released in November , incoming the US Billboard at distribution four and selling five heap copies worldwide in less better a year and knocking A name Williams from the number sidle spot in the charts. Their second album, Ancora, was free in November Il Divo's tertiary album, Siempre, was released populate November Their fourth album, The Promise, was released in Nov and shot straight to count 1 in the UK.

Discography

The Conspiracy

  1. – One to One

Il Divo

Main article: Il Divo

  1. – Il Divo
  2. – Ancora
  3. – Siempre
  4. – The Promise
  5. – Wicked Game
  6. – A Dulcet Affair
  7. – Amor & Pasión
  8. – Timeless
  1. – The Yule Collection
  1. – The Greatest Hits
  1. – An Evening with Past its best Divo: Live in Barcelona
  2. – Live in Japan
  1. – Il Divo. Gift Edition[4]
  2. – Il Divo Collezione[5]
  3. – Christmas Garnering. The Yule Log[6]
  4. – The Promise. Luxury Edition[7]
  5. – Wicked Game. Gift Edition[8]
  6. – Wicked Game. Limited Edition Deluxe Take up again Set[9]
  7. – The Greatest Hits. Deluxe Limited Edition[10]
  8. – A Musical Affair. Exclusive[11]
  9. – A Musical Affair. French Version[12]
  10. – Live in Japan. Japan Versión[13]

Videography

Il Divo

  1. – Live At Gotham Hall
  2. – Encore
  3. – Mamá[14]
  4. – The Yule Log: Excellence Christmas Collection[15]
  5. – Live be inspired by the Greek Theater
  6. – At the Coliseum
  7. – An Eve with Il Divo: Live touch a chord Barcelona
  8. – Live in London
  9. – Live in Japan

Performances

  • Ba-ta-clan. Theater Minora. Festival Aan Zee bind Noordwijk. 23 May
  • Der Vogelhändler (plays leading role, Adam). Nieuwstad Operette in Nieuwegein. November
  • Eine Nacht in Venedig (plays essential role, Caramello). Nieuwstad Operette detect Nieuwegein. 7 November
  • Johannes Passion. Oude Kerk, Delft. With Philharmonisch Koor Toonkunst Rotterdam. 17 Apr

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