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Urs Buhler Profile |
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Birth Date: July 19, 1971
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Birth Place: Willisau, Switzerland
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Birth Name: Urs Toni Buhler
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Urs Toni Bühler (born July 19, 1971 in Willisau,
Switzerland) is a classically trained tenor and member of
the operatic pop musical quartet, Il Divo.
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, being 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. At
the same time, he was already receiving music lessons at the
Academy for School and Church Music. His progress in the
field led him to move to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, where
he studied voice at Sweelink Conservatorium with Udo
Reinemann, a well known German baritone. Under the private
tutoring of Swedish tenor Gösta Winbergh, member of
Stockholm’s Royal Opera, and French tenor Christian Papis,
Urs enriched his classical repertoire. He sang in the choir
of the Dutch opera and even performed for one season in the
Salzburg Festival under the direction of Claudio Abbado. Urs
spent the last seven years prior to his commitment to Il
Divo in Holland, singing oratorios and performing with the
Netherlands Operaa Gezelschap (NOG).
In December 2003, he became a member of the international
musical quartet Il Divo along with Carlos Marín (Spain),
Sébastien Izambard (France), and David Miller (USA).
Besides their musical experience and prowess, the members of
Il Divo are also recognized for their impeccable taste in
fashion, dressing almost exclusively in Armani suits, along
with their handsome looks. As a result of this, their first
album, called Il Divo became a worldwide multiplatinum
selling record when released in November 2004, entering
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 on November 7, 2005 in the United
Kingdom. Il Divo's third album, Siempre, was released on
November 21, 2006 in the United States and on November 27,
2006 internationally.
Despite his long musical career, it is difficult to find
works outside of his academic field; there are almost no
professional recordings available of his career before Il
Divo. |
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Other Information |
Was in a rock band in his youth.
Apart from his native Swiss German, he also speaks English,
German, French and Dutch.
Grew up in Willisau, near Lucerne, Switzerland.
Studied music in Holland.
Has one brother and three sisters.
Enjoys spending time restoring motorbikes, at home and in
his garden.
Before joining Il Divo, he was living in Amsterdam singing
with the Netherlands Opera.
Lives in France [2006]
Is of German and Italian descent |
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You humble fan
Tonya Leigh Namoki
ich weiß nicht, ob du diese Message je bekommen bzw. lesen wirst. Wollte dir nur mal sagen, dass ich den Menschen Urs sehr mag... nicht nur den 'Superstar' ;-)!!!
Hoffe man sieht sich mal wieder in good old Germany!!!!!
Bye for now... take care
Heide
it was THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE - that 20th June 2007 - in Portugal... when I realised I couldn't get a ticket to listen to you, to look at you in Lisbon! Please, believe me I'll never forget what I felt then! Really sad, really unhappy! But come back soon,ok? A kiss 4 u