23-year-old Danil Buranov, the main hope of Tatarstan in the next season of the country's main musical television show, passed the knockout stage with flying colors and continues to fight for victory in the project. "BUSINESS Online" talked with the artist about his previous unsuccessful attempts to conquer the "Voice" and the main favorites of this year, Zelenodolsk as a forge of musical personnel, the almost scandalous expulsion from GITIS and the shortcomings of school education.
“There is a huge number of talented performers in the republic - thanks, I think, to Constellation. I myself participated there from an early age, and in recent years I have been sitting on the jury at the zonal tour Photo: yold.ru
“WHEN I DID NOT PASS INTO THE SECOND SEASON, IN HYSTERIC I CALLED MY MOTHER AND ASKED: “MAYBE I SHOULD GET THIS ALL BUSINESS ALREADY?”
- Danil, on Friday's broadcast of "Voice" you made a splash by performing the song "Grace Kelly" by Briton Mika, few are honored by Alexander Gradsky with words about "perfect performance". There is a feeling that with each new stage, the degree of complexity of the numbers only increases.
- The degree of complexity of the numbers increases from time to time, and we ourselves set this bar for ourselves. Let's say choreography will be added to the next performance. Again, we complicate the task each time and each time we want the work we have done to be several levels higher. Excitement? To be honest, I was not very worried before the knockout stage. The excitement was at the very beginning of the appearance in the project, but each time it is less and less. Although, I think, this is only until the moment when live broadcasts begin. Then all the feelings will return.
- After all, in 2013 you already tried to get into the "Voice" ...
I don't remember the exact year, but I tried twice. The first time, I simply didn’t get the turn, that is, I didn’t even go to the “blind auditions”. The second time - it was the third or fourth season - something also didn’t grow together, I don’t even remember what.
- Very strong, and I'm happy that I didn't get there then, because I was mentally not yet ready for this story. Now there is more knowledge in my head, more necessary information, in the end, I started reading books, but then I didn’t read, I was “green”. I am glad that everything turned out the way it did, otherwise it would have been much harder for me. Although, when I didn’t get into the second season of The Voice, I called my mother in hysterics and asked: “Maybe I should quit the whole thing already?” She said, "No, don't give up." I didn't give up.
- I looked in fits and starts, to be honest, on YouTube, and mostly those performers that I liked. Who exactly? Out of competition, of course, is Dina Garipova, we have known her for a very long time, we sang together in Zelenodolsk at various events, etc. In the first season, I also liked Yulia Tereshchenko, my good friend, now she is a backing vocalist for Grigory Leps. And I watched foreign versions of The Voice - American, British ...
- A natural question: why do performers from Tatarstan traditionally perform successfully in the Russian "Voice"?
- Yes, there is a huge number of talented performers in the republic - thanks, I think, to the Constellation festival. This is the largest music festival, a competition in which many gifted children participate. I myself participated there from an early age, and in recent years I have been sitting on the jury at the zonal tour. Constellation is such a real engine of progress, in my opinion.
- What is it like to be inside the main musical project of the country?
“In fact, all the magic happens exactly before the moment you get there. As soon as you find yourself inside the project, work begins, there is no time for sensations, no magic. That is, the whole intrigue until the moment when the first chair turned to you, whoever it was. But in general, of course, it's very cool, you understand what a huge audience is looking at you, appreciating you. Sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes neutral, which is the worst.
Many hours in the studio have to be right before shooting. A few more rehearsals happen before. That is, just when everything is approaching the shooting day, the most fierce movement begins. The television release is filmed once a month, and the rest of the time there is a discussion of the repertoire - who will sing what.
- And what do you do when there are no discussions and shootings?
- I have a lot of things to do. Firstly, I have my own project - we release songs, videos. Secondly, performances at corporate parties, events, etc. In general, a lot of work, filming, recording. And before the New Year, the itch is already starting to itch slowly.
“GENERALLY, THE ATMOSPHERE ON THE SITE IS INTENSE. EVERYONE LIKE TO TALK, SMILE, BUT THE COMPETITION IS FEELING»
- Let's start with the fact that I did not go into the project for a portion of fame, by no means. It would be foolish to dream about fame, because fame is a consequence of what you do, like money, like everything else material that everyone needs insanely. This is a causal relationship - if you do something really cool and people like it, then you gain fame and, accordingly, money. And you are absolutely right about the popularity of the seasons, the first ones had very cool ratings. The third, fourth, fifth - there, in my opinion, the ratings were so-so, but the sixth season, when the golden team of mentors returned to the project, led to the fact that the ratings jumped again.
- During blind auditions, Dima Bilan and Leonid Agutin turned to you, you chose the first one, although our newspaper back in 2013 that you would like to get into the team with Agutin . What has changed since then?
- Something has changed, and at the moment when I had to decide who to go to. Starting from the first season, I really wanted to get to Agutin, because he is an amazing musician, professional, firm. When I had to make a choice, I just ... looked inside myself, or something, and realized that I had to go to Dima. In general, this is not explained by any arguments, I just felt that way.
- And what is he, your mentor?
“He is a real human being. First of all, he is an amazing musician, a professional. If someone managed to notice, at the fights we sang the Sam Smith song ( British singer-songwriter, Golden Globe and Oscar winner — approx. ed.) "Omen", which, I have no doubt, will go down in history, because it is very cool. And given that we have a Phonograph orchestra there, it would be difficult for them to play such music. Dima got confused, brought his people. In the end, everything turned out great, and for this I am very grateful to Dima! And I am also grateful to him for the fact that he provides freedom in choosing a composition.
- So you choose your own repertoire?
- It always happens in different ways. Sometimes together, sometimes I propose to perform something: they say, what if you try it? We call up, correspond, he is an absolutely adequate person. Even super-adequate, I would say. I can’t say, but I heard that it happens when a participant is put before a fact in choosing a song. If it were so in my case, I would probably be very upset, because there are compositions that suit me, but there are not mine, but Dima feels it all, understands what's what.
- In general, in your opinion, who are the main favorites of this season, if we take all the teams?
- As usual, as in all other seasons, Agutin has a very strong team. And I consider Mikhail Grishunov the favorite among them. He is very cool. If we talk about who I would like to face in a vocal battle, then this, of course, is him. This will be a tough fight laughing).
- Is there any communication between the participants or do you have different rehearsal times and meet only on the set?
- Of course, we communicate, there are wild breaks after filming. But for the most part, the atmosphere on the set is tense. Everyone seems to be talking, smiling, but the competition is felt. You see, the very format of this show is built on competition, rivalry. I take it a little differently, I try to deliberately ignore this fact and keep a little apart, because I'm not interested in competing, I'm for peace.
"WHAT IS THE SMART BASTER?"
- In addition to Dina Garipova, which of the participants in the previous seasons of The Voice do you know?
- Of course, I know Tina Kuznetsova, Anton Belyaev. I think that Anton is doing very well now. Just in that season, in the second, I didn’t pass, but we were with him at the casting. He tours not only in Russia, but already takes Europe with his music. And he has really very high quality content, everything is cool. I say this to the fact that the “Voice” helped him to fly high, although a huge number of participants remain in the shadows after the project.
- Indeed, there is an opinion that the main musical project of the country, oddly enough, can prevent the artist from making a successful solo career. And for all these years, only two singers have become truly in demand and successfully touring artists - Anton Belyaev and Nargiz Zakirova.
- Yes. You know, it's like doors - they close quietly, slowly, when they close, they can't be opened anymore, that's the thing. Therefore, the artist must have some kind of his own repertoire, video material, only in this case, the "Voice" can somehow help in his career.
- How then to be those who do not have all this?
“It doesn’t have to be something known to the people in advance, it’s just a fact of presence, it’s better to have some kind of base under you. The presence of the material is important. As for those who don’t have it, I can’t say that it makes absolutely no sense for them to come to Golos, but there is much less of it ...
- Well, do you personally have material, a ready-made repertoire, with which you could give a big solo concert right now?
- Of course! I can sing along with backing tracks, I can sing with a live band - as you wish. We also play our own things, which we record and release ourselves. And it happens that people want to hear their favorite songs, but, as we know, original artists are very expensive, then we come and work for everyone ( laughing).
Everything is clear with covers. But what original music would you like to sing?
— I would like to play pop mixed with funk or jazz, something real. Because, judging by the music that I sometimes hear on the radio, say, when I'm riding in a taxi, it seems that everything is done solely for the sake of making money. There is not much creativity in there. I am not generalizing now and I can single out Russian performers who are really cool and are trying to grow in their work, but the vast majority are just trying to make money. There is no music for the sake of music - that's what I mean.
In general, ideally, of course, I would like to educate the taste of people ... Although, probably, if you say “educate”, again in the comments, as under my YouTube videos, they will write: “What a smug bastard?” Therefore, I will say differently: with my music, I would like to set some specific vector in high-quality music, in its performance, perhaps. That is, so that it is not primitive on four chords.
— Where is your workbook?
- The work book does not lie anywhere, and my mother always scolded me very much for this, worried. She is afraid for all these state things, but I still don’t. In general, there is a lot of work, but it is always in different places, mostly corporate parties, etc. I work at the production center of Grigory Leps. Once it happened that I won a vocal project organized by him - "Highest standard", the winner received a contract to work in his studio.
- Grigory Leps was the mentor of the project for two seasons, was this not a reason not to go to the Voice?
No, I just didn't want to. "Yes, and why?" - For some reason I thought so. And this year, Grigory Viktorovich let me go to the project. Now our cooperation is suspended, because legally I cannot be associated with two organizations at the same time. It so happened that Sasha Panayotov asked why I didn’t go to Golos, a conversation began, Grigory Viktorovich said: if you want, go. I went.
There is an opinion that I am such a thug, with connections, although in fact he did not take any part in this. We cooperate exclusively with Dima, there are no pitfalls here.
ABOUT TRIPS TO NATIVE ZELENODOLSK
- How long ago did you move to Moscow?
- About five years ago. It all started very hard, probably like everyone else. There was no place to live, no one to turn to. For the first month or two I lived in the restaurant where I worked, then a hostel, etc. When I was 16 years old, there was simply nothing to do in Zelenodolsk, by that time I already had the experience of solo concerts in my hometown. Then I had to move somewhere: I thought about Kazan, but decided immediately to Moscow.
- Do you often manage to come to your native Zelenodolsk?
- Very rarely. Over the past year, he came once and then for a day to speak at the City Day.
- And now you have some kind of professional connection with Tatarstan? Do you participate in any official concerts on behalf of the republic, do you invite them?
- It happens sometimes, but mostly it is Constellation, since I come from it. You know, this project was something magical for us, because everything we did - danced, sang, learned how to conduct concerts, learned to speak, put on a voice - all this, in fact, was for the sake of Constellation itself, because once a huge number of people come there every year, a competition begins in which everyone wants to win, everyone wants to be the best. This is a huge hardening. I am infinitely grateful to this festival and every time I am invited to the jury, of course, I agree, postponing all my affairs.
- In the "Constellation" you took part as a dancer or singer?
- I participated in three nominations: in entertainer, in choreography and in vocals. That is, they were beaten on all fronts. I had three first places in the zonal tour in Zelenodolsk in all three categories, and in the end it all ended with the fact that I took the second place in vocals, the first in entertainer, the Grand Prix in choreography ... Not bad, considering that this is was generally the first year when I sang.
— «BUSINESSOnline" you said that you sang after 14 years.
- Yes, I danced for 10-12 years, and sang when I was 15-16 years old, so I didn’t even feel the breaking of my voice. She passed unnoticed by me. So it was my mother's anniversary, in a cafe she gathered her guests and asked me to sing. I went, quickly found a backing track and sang. She said, "Not bad." Before that, we did vocals with her, but it all ended in tears, I left in tears and said that I didn’t want to anymore. Here, after all, there is a connection between a mother and a son, not only a teacher and a student, and this breaks a person quite strongly. So she said that I sang well, and offered to try myself in Constellation for fun. Well, we were so funny that we got into the zonal tour of the festival.
- Is it hard to deal with mom at all? She is an opera singer, graduated from the conservatory...
- I will say this: it was always hard with my mother, because she has a very tempered character, she raised me alone, I did not have a father. Therefore, she is quite a fighting woman, and the relationship was, to put it mildly, tense between us. But all this lasted until the moment when I moved to Moscow. Love at a distance still decides. And now we just have a great relationship, she came to me to shoot for “blind auditions”.
- Does he come often?
- That was the only time. By the way, it was very nice when she said that I have good friends, because usually she did not like them ( laughing).
“I ALMOST FLIGHT FROM GITIS BECAUSE I REFUSED TO SHOW THE MONKEY”
- What is the phenomenon of Zelenodolsk, which gave the "Voice" two heroes at once - you and Din Garipov?
“I don’t know where they come from, but I can say for sure that there are a huge number of talented people in our city. At the same time, everyone tries to be better than the other, and this is the engine of progress. I can say this based on my experience, and I have been on stage since childhood, from the age of three, I have a mother and an actress, and a singer, and whatever you want. At the age of six, I played Vitya in the play "New Year's Adventures of Masha and Vitya."
- Is the stage a conscious choice or simply cannot be otherwise when you grow up in a creative family?
- It's a double story. On the one hand, I didn’t have a choice, on the other hand, when they brought me there, I immediately liked everything, I quickly joined, despite the fact that I was very small. Everything started working out for me in no time. Well, when my mother asked me what I want to do, I answered that it was creativity. The only thing I said is that I don't want to be some kind of dramatic actor, because from childhood I realized that it was not for me.
- Nevertheless, you graduated from GITIS, the course of Yuri Vasilyev, an actor and director of the theater of satire.
- I always thought that the actor of me is not very good. Since everything is known in comparison, I understood that I sing better than I play, I dance better than I play. Although GITIS, especially the variety faculty, is a kind of triathlon: there a person must play well, dance, and sing, he must be universal. Acting has always been a bit of a problem for me.
I remember I almost flew out of GITIS because I refused to show the monkey. That is, I am standing on the stage, in front of me is the dean, master of the course Yuri Borisovich, a course of 30 people is sitting, they tell me to show a monkey, but I refuse, I don’t understand why I have to show it. I almost got kicked out because of this. There was a terrible scandal ... I really could have been expelled, because I got there thanks to Constellation. On one of the tours in Kazan, in fact, Mikhail Borisov, who leads the Russian Lotto, came, said: "You will enter GITIS." And then I was still in school. Therefore, I ran - externally - graduated from high school and entered there when I was 16 years old.
What kind of music do you listen to, what are your hobbies?
- Well, I'm a complete music lover, I listen to completely different music, genres, ranging from deep house to pop music. Rock never understood. Although I recently started going to the gym and doing it just under the rock. But in terms of musicality, I'm more of an adherent of melodic music - Stevie Wonder, Sam Smith, Maroon 5, Lesha Chumakov. Of the last singers that struck me, this is the Ukrainian singer Monatik. In general, a huge number of performers. I have two thousand songs on my phone, I have been collecting this library for five years now. I don't have a favorite song, because there are so many of them and they are all my favorites. Music is even better than relationships with people, because it will not betray.
What do I do in my free time? I don’t have it much, and since childhood. I started going to the gym, although this is such a self-compulsory story: if it so happened that we sometimes go on the air, you need to keep yourself in shape.
- Aren't you afraid to quickly run out of steam, by the age of 30, given that you started your creative career so early?
- No, I'm not afraid, because I know where to draw energy and how to do it, where to be inspired and what. I do it with the help of information, literature. I understand that it is impossible to work for wear and tear all the time, it is necessary to maintain a balance between rest and work. These are things that for some reason are not taught in school, but they should be. For example, such things as the brain is arranged, how it works, how a person thinks, that a person has such an opportunity as control - control of thoughts, emotions. This is my way of life.
- Danil Buranov (23 years old) came to Voice 6 from Zelenodolsk (Tatarstan).
- Danil Buranov took the stage for the first time at 2.5 years old.
- Danil Buranov has been dancing for 12 years. He started singing at the age of 15.
- Danil Buranov participated in the casting Voice 3, did not pass, he began to get hysterical, but his mother convinced him that this was not a reason to give up and he did not give up.
- Danila Buranova's mother is an opera singer, Honored Worker of Culture. Danil persuades her to participate in the Voice.
- At the Blind audition for Voice 6, Danil Buranov sang Yulianna Karaulova's "Out of Orbit". Dima Bilan pressed the button. (Recall that in the finale of "Voice. Children 4", Bilan's ward Snezhana Shin sang "Out of orbit".) Later, Leonid Agutin turned around.
- Danil Buranov admitted to his mentors that this was his third attempt to get on the Voice.
- In Duels Voice 6, Dima Weber and Danil Buranov sang "Omen" by the duet Disclosure and Sam Smith.
Leonid Agutin: - Well, firstly, it is interesting that on stage three D now: Dima, Dima Daniel.
Leonid Agutin: - Well, where did you go, Dima, Dima Daniel?
Dima Bilan: - I can offer four.
In the quarter-finals Voice 6 Danil Buranov sang "Limbo" by Valery Meladze.
Bilan's vote: Danil Buranov 50%, Yulia Valeeva 20%, Anastasia Zorina 30%.
Viewer vote: Buranov 25.4%, Valeeva 36.2%, Zorina 38.4%.
Outcome: Zadorozhny 75.4%, Valeeva 56.2%, Zorina 68.4%.
Danil Buranov advanced to the semi-finals Voice 6, although the viewers put him in third place.
In the Semifinal Voice 6 Danil Buranov sang "She's Gone".
Yang Ge, Danil Buranov and Nikita Alekseev sang "Drunken Sun". Say hello to your grandmother. Because she looks into her small TV now, which we looked at together when I was little. One day I told her: “Grandma, one day I will be on the other side of the screen”. She probably thought I was joking, but no. Grandma, hi. I love you. Hello Mom. Thanks everyone. Dima, thank you.
Dmitry Nagiev: - Danya, I think very soon you will have the opportunity to have a huge, expensive TV.
Danil Buranov: - Yes.
”, Vocalist Danila Buranov attracted the attention of music lovers long before appearing on the popular Channel One talent show. Spectators and music lovers learned about the existence of the performer after the release of the TV project "Main Stage" and the victory in the Internet competition "Highest Standard" in 2015. Participation in the sixth season of "Voice" fixed the vocalist on the Russian stage, and compliments from the lips of the stars of domestic show business added confidence to Buranov.
Childhood and youth
The future singer was born on May 22, 1994 in Tatarstan in a creative family. Buranov's childhood and youth were spent in Zelenodolsk, where his mother Olga Buranova fully realized herself as an artist. Buranova is an opera singer, drama theater actress and honored worker of culture. In addition, the woman is a well-known vocal teacher in the city.
Danil is a long-awaited child in the Buranov family. Expecting the appearance of her son, the mother instilled in the boy a good taste in music: she listened to classical music.
The creative biography of Danila Buranov began as soon as the boy learned to walk and talk. Mom took her little son to performances, where he joined the world of art. At the age of 3, Danya helped open and close the curtain, moved the light parts of the scenery and participated in the creative process in every possible way.
Danil Buranov, having taken his first steps on stage early, could not imagine life without her. He sang, danced, recited memorable monologues of the actors. Mom enrolled the boy in the Orpheus choreography studio, where Danya won more than once in city and republican competitions. At the festival "Constellation" Buranov was awarded the Grand Prix.
Danil Buranov graduated from a music school, where he learned to play the piano. Mom taught her son how to sing, having taught the first vocal lessons. At the age of 14, the teenager realized that of all the arts, he was attracted to music. At the same time, Danil Buranov was noted in the entertainer (in the corresponding nomination he received a prize at the MF "Constellation") and at KVN games: he grew from the captain of the school team to the player of the Russian junior league team.
Buranov graduated from the 9th grade as an external student because of the desire to quickly join the ranks of the students of RATI-GITIS. Danil entered on the first try and got into the workshop at the faculty of variety art. I received my diploma in 2015.
Music
Danil Buranov sang everywhere and a lot: at festive concerts in his native Zelenodolsk, at school and on the stage of the Palace of Culture, at corporate parties and city events in Kazan. At the age of 16, Danil Buranov, together with his friends, gave his first solo concert in the school assembly hall.
The repertoire of the vocalist includes cover versions of world and Russian pop stars, author's songs, words and music for which the guy composed himself. Buranov posted some compositions on social networks and received hundreds of laudatory responses and thousands of reposts. Among the idols of Buranov,. In the capital, Danila Buranov has a producer who helps on the path to success.
Entering the big stage did not cause discomfort: Danil was used to being in the spotlight from childhood, he performed in front of thousands of audiences at republican and international festivals. In his student years, he worked part time on the stages of nightclubs. Confidence in strength increased after winning the Internet competition "Highest standard". The award was presented to the winner by Grigory Leps.
Danil Buranov managed to snatch the lead from the singer Romadi. The voting results for the two candidates were equal, so the contestants sang "a cappella" the verse of the song "Snowstorm". Buranov outplayed the girl by 1 point and was in the lead. In 2016, Danil delighted fans with the author's composition "People", which gained thousands of likes and reposts on the Internet.
Personal life
Information about who is next to Buranov and owns his heart cannot be found. Danil carefully guards his private life from fans, does not share spicy photos on the page with subscribers. "Instagram".
In 2017, the singer celebrated his 23rd birthday and it seems that Danila’s career and vocal improvement are in the foreground in the priority scale.
In social networks, Buranov has dozens of photos with the stars of Russian show business, with whom the singer crossed paths at various projects and public events. For many of them, Danil Buranov is a bright representative of the talented youth who are replacing the masters of the stage.
Danil Buranov now
The singer from Zelenodolsk tried to get on the TV show "Voice" three times. Buranov made his first two attempts at the age of 17 and 18, when there was no confidence in his strength. After the failed attempts of the son, the mother supported, not allowing the young vocalist to despair and leave the idea to win. Danil Buranov got a negative, but not superfluous experience: the guy learned to endure blows steadfastly and quickly correct mistakes.
Danil Buranov in the show "Voice" Participation in the 6th season of the TV show enriched the singer, gave him the chance to work under the guidance of recognized stars. At the stage of blind auditions, Danila Buranov performed a song called "Out of orbit", wearing glasses for a "space" image. They turned to the contestant and expressed admiration for the vocal technique. Buranov chose Bilan's team.
At the knockout stage, Bilan brought Danila on stage, and the "rescued" one from Agutin's team. Buranov sang a single by British star Mika called Grace Kelly. And stayed on the project.
At the fights, Danil Buranov met in sparring with Dima Weber: the vocalists performed the hit of the duet Disclosure - Omen. A participant from Zelenodolsk reached the semi-finals of the show with the highest rating from the mentor, brilliantly performing Meladze's hit "Limbo".
In 2017, a new author's composition by the vocalist "More Love" appeared on YouTube, which was warmly received by music lovers and fans of Buranov. The song “Actress”, which Danil sang in a duet with Meladze at the creative evening, also received laudatory responses.
The vocalist assures that he came to the TV show "Voice" not for the main prize, but for the public's credit of trust, which is necessary for self-confidence and the implementation of creative plans. Danil Buranov does not see himself in Russian show business - the young vocalist dreams of breaking into the stages of Europe and America.
Discography (songs)
- 2016 - "People"
- 2016 - Star Hunter
- 2017 - "More Love"
- 2017 - "Crazy Woman"
- 2017 - "The drug"
