Urs Bühler Explained

Urs Bühler
Birth Name:Urs Toni Bühler
Birth Date:19 July 1971
Birth Place:Willisau, Switzerland
Genre:Classical crossover, opera, romantic, rock
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:2000–present
Label:Syco, Sony BMG, Columbia
Associated Acts:Il Divo

Urs Toni Bühler (born 19 July 1971) is a Swiss classically trained tenor. He is a member of the classical crossover group Il Divo, who have sold over 30 million copies worldwide discs.[1]

Early life

His musical training started at the age of five, when Bühler began singing in a choir and also learned to play violin, clarinet, piano, guitar, and drums. His musical career, though, started when he was fifteen in an entirely different genre from lyrical song. He was a member of a cover band and later the lead singer of a heavy metal band called "Conspiracy" when he was seventeen years old in Luzern.

Career

Tenor

At that time, Bühler was already receiving music lessons at the Academy for School and Church Music.[2] His progress in the field led him to move to Amsterdam, where he studied voice at Sweelinck Conservatorium with Udo Reinemann, a well-known German baritone. Under the private tutoring of Swedish tenor Gösta Winbergh of the Royal Swedish Opera and French tenor Christian Papis, Bühler enriched his classical repertoire. He sang in the choir of the Dutch opera and performed in the Salzburg Festival under the direction of Claudio Abbado. Before joining Il Divo, he was mainly based in the Netherlands, singing oratorios and performing with the Netherlands Opera Gezelschap (NOG).[3] Despite many performances, there are only a handful of recordings available of Bühler before Il Divo.

Il Divo

See main article: Il Divo. In December 2003, Bühler became a member of the international musical quartet Il Divo along with Carlos Marín (Spain), Sébastien Izambard (France), and David Miller (United States). He had an informal first audition with the group's creator, Simon Cowell. In Cowell's office, he simply asked Bühler to sing for him unaccompanied. Impressed by Bühler's tenor voice, Cowell offered him a place in Il Divo. Their first album, Il Divo, became a worldwide multi-platinum-selling record when released in November 2004, entering the US Billboard at number four and selling five million copies worldwide in less than a year and knocking Robbie Williams from the number one spot in the charts. Their second album, Ancora, was released in November 2005. Il Divo's third album, Siempre, was released in November 2006. Their fourth album, The Promise, was released in November 2008 and shot straight to number 1 in the UK.

Discography

The Conspiracy

  1. 1991 – One to One

Il Divo

See main article: Il Divo.

  1. 2004 – Il Divo
  2. 2005 – Ancora
  3. 2006 – Siempre
  4. 2008 – The Promise
  5. 2011 – Wicked Game
  6. 2013 – A Musical Affair
  7. 2015 – Amor & Pasión
  8. 2018 – Timeless
  1. 2005 – The Christmas Collection
  1. 2012 – The Greatest Hits
  1. 2009 –
  2. 2014 – Live in Japan
  1. 2005 – Il Divo. Gift Edition[4]
  2. 2006 – Il Divo Collezione[5]
  3. 2006 – Christmas Collection. The Yule Log[6]
  4. 2008 – The Promise. Luxury Edition[7]
  5. 2011 – Wicked Game. Gift Edition[8]
  6. 2011 – Wicked Game. Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set[9]
  7. 2012 – The Greatest Hits. Deluxe Limited Edition[10]
  8. 2014 – A Musical Affair. Exclusive[11]
  9. 2014 – A Musical Affair. French Version[12]
  10. 2014 – Live in Japan. Japan Versión[13]

Videography

Il Divo

  1. 2004 – Live At Gotham Hall
  2. 2005 – Encore
  3. 2005 – Mamá[14]
  4. 2006 – The Yule Log: The Christmas Collection[15]
  5. 2006 – Live at the Greek Theater
  6. 2008 – At the Coliseum
  7. 2009 –
  8. 2011 – Live in London
  9. 2014 – Live in Japan

Performances

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Il Divo crowned Silver Clef winners . 23 March 2015.
  2. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1069-1964734,00.html Fame & Fortune: UK taxes drive Swiss opera star cuckoo
  3. Web site: Urs Divo Buhler.
  4. News: IL DIVO GIFT PACK. http://www.ildivo.com/. 26 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923163727/http://www.ildivo.com/es/music/il-divo-gift-pack. 23 September 2015. dead.
  5. News: SE PUBLICA IL DIVO COLLEZIONE. Incluirá los CDs: Il divo, Ancora y The Christmas Collection, y el DVD Encore. lahiguera.net.
  6. News: Christmas Collection. The Yule Log (DVD) . https://web.archive.org/web/20141207201101/http://es.myplaydirect.com/il-divo/christmas-collection-the-yule-log-dvd/details/25795941?feature-name=dvds&feature=25812760 . dead . 7 December 2014 . http://www.ildivo.com/ .
  7. News: IL DIVO The Promisse Edition Especial. http://www.ildivo.com/.
  8. News: IL DIVO JUEGO PERVERSO . http://www.ildivo.com/ . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120606/http://www.ildivo.com/us/news/wicked-game-album-artwork-revealed . 2 April 2015 .
  9. News: IL DIVO en edición especial limitada de Wicked game . http://www.ildivo.com/ . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120606/http://www.ildivo.com/us/news/wicked-game-album-artwork-revealed . 2 April 2015 .
  10. News: THE GREATEST HITS – DELUXE LIMITED EDITION. 25 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923151055/http://www.ildivo.com/es/music/greatest-hits-deluxe-limited-edition. 23 September 2015. dead.
  11. News: A MUSICAL AFFAIR – EXCLUSIVE (DELUXE GIFT EDITION CD/DVD & 2014 CALENDAR) . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402190452/http://www.myplaydirect.com/il-divo/a-musical-affair-exclusive-deluxe-gift-edition-cd-dvd-2014-calendar/details/28840747?feature-name=albums&feature=25993884 . dead . 2 April 2015 .
  12. News: Il Divo pública 'A Musical Affair. French Versión' . www.ildivo.com . 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150804090616/http://www.ildivo.com/uk/news/il-divo-release-french-version-musical-affair . 4 August 2015 .
  13. News: Un año después del lanzamiento de su exito álbum inspirado en musicales clásicos, Il Divo vuelve a la carga con una edición muy especial de 'A Musical Affair . www.ildivo.com . 24 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910100217/http://www.ildivo.com/es/news/il-divo-anuncia-el-lanzamiento-de-%E2%80%98live-japan%E2%80%99-un-cddvd-en-edici%C3%B3n-deluxe . 10 September 2015 .
  14. Web site: Videoclip de Mamá, de Il Divo. www.ildivo.com .
  15. Web site: Il Divo pública 'Christmas Collection. The Yule Log' . https://web.archive.org/web/20141207201101/http://es.myplaydirect.com/il-divo/christmas-collection-the-yule-log-dvd/details/25795941?feature-name=dvds&feature=25812760 . dead . 7 December 2014 . www.ildivo.com .