IL DIVO is a singing trend created by Simon Cowell, a giant in the British music scene, who crosses the boundaries of genre music and creates an original popera [*a new singing genre that combines pop song singing with classical opera vocal singing to sing pop, classical, opera and other types of songs] A new concept combination. IL DIVO is composed of four young singers from Europe and the United States. They have both vocal singing skills and the ability to interpret romantic classic love songs with orchestral rearrangement and accompaniment.
◎IL DIVO’s four golden singers
David Miller David Miller/tenor/American
Graduated from Oberlin, Ohio ( Oberlin Conservatory of Music, with a bachelor's degree in singing performance and a master's degree in opera singing. Over the past ten years, he has traveled across the New York stage, starring in 45 musicals produced by musical theater production companies from North America, South America, Australia and Europe, including "West Side" at La Scala Theater in Milan. Story" plays the leading role of Downey. Most recently, he joined the cast of "Moulin Rouge" director Baz Luhrman's critically acclaimed musical "La Boheme", playing the role of Rodolfo.
Sebastien Izambard Sebastian Izambard/Vocal/French
The only member of the orchestra who has studied singing skills on his own, he is also a very outstanding singer A songwriter who lives in Paris, he has helped produce albums for many French artists. In 2001, he was honored to serve as the warm-up for the sold-out concert held by veteran French artist Johnny Haliday [Johnny Haliday*, an all-round artist who has been in movies, music, and sports for nearly half a century] at the Olympia Theater in Paris. singer. In 2002, he was featured in the musical "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Richard Cocciante [*Italian, a romantic artist who straddles the music and theater circles. He has recorded albums in Italian, French, German and English. He plays a leading role in the musical "The Little Prince". When I was invited to join IL DIVO in 2003, I was busy recording my solo album and hoped to write songs for the band in the future.
Urs Buhler/tenor/Swiss
At the age of 17, he started his singing career with the local heavy rock band Conspiracy in Luzern, Switzerland. He studied at the local church music school, and then transferred to the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, where he studied vocal singing under the tutelage of the famous music teacher Udo Reinemann. His famous singing teachers also include the late Swedish tenor Gosta Winbergh and French tenor Christian Papis. In addition, he sang with the choir at the Salzburg Music Festival for four months under the guidance of Claudio Abbado, chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He has continued to perform oratorios with the Netherlands Opera for the past seven years.
Carlos Marin Carlos Marin/baritone/Spanish
Born in Madrid, the capital of Spain, he performs Spanish versions of "Les Misérables", "Dream Rider" and other music The play is well-known in Spain and has been sung on the same stage with famous singers such as lyric tenor Alfredo Kraus, soprano Monserrat Caballe, and opera vocalist Jamie Aragall. After that, he immediately became a world-famous leading baritone. His famous masterpieces include "La Traviata", "The Barber of Seville", "La Bohème", "M. Butterfly"... and other plays.
◎The Birth of IL DIVO
In 2001, the concept of forming a groundbreaking four-piece band took shape: four young people with orthodox singing training who could use their voices to Taking beloved oldies and new songs to another level, bridging the longstanding gap between pop and classical music.
After a global search process for singers, a band with this concept was born in December 2003. The band was named IL DIVO. IL DIVO is an Italian word that refers to a singer or a male vocalist with a holy singing voice. IL DIVO has members of many nationalities, which directly reflects the uniqueness of the orchestra as a musical global village.
In the first half of 2004, IL DIVO started singing practice and recording of the album IL DIVO in a London recording studio. The album contains many popular songs, such as Toni Braxton (Toni Braxton) Braxton) lyrical champion song "Unbreak My Heart" with Spanish lyrics "Unbreak My Heart (Regresa A Mi)", based on the classic film of the Italian national treasure film music godfather Ennio Monnicone The theme movement "Gabriels Oboe" in the music "Church" has been filled in with Italian lyrics "Nella Fantasia", and Italy has re-sung the theme song "My Way" from the movie "Winner" sung by Frank Sinatra Text version of "My Way (A Mi Manera)".
Although IL DIVO's music styles and types of songs are quite diverse, the band has only one theme, which is romance\\. The heart-pounding singing characteristics and the heart-stirring arrangements have made IL DIVO's singing career soar into the sky. The emergence of IL DIVO reminds music fans that great arias and popular classics are actually like two sides of the same coin. , are two aspects of the art of singing. In all the songs in the album, the four members of IL DIVO *** share the lead vocal position. In the chorus of the songs one after another, they embody the charm of delicate and elegant singing voices. They are emotionally restrained and passionate. The singing voice reveals an irresistible aphrodisiac magic.
In order to highlight the multi-nationality of the group members, the songs sung by IL DIVO in the album are not only in English, but also in Spanish and Italian, regardless of which language they sing. , you can experience the most common emotion in the world - romance in their beautiful singing.