Intars Busulis: "It's easier to upset me than to make me laugh." “The main thing is that I myself realize where I come from, what the flag of my Motherland looks like”

Many participants of the Voice show take the stage not only with a microphone, but also take musical instruments with them. Intars is one of those people, and in his performance he demonstrated playing the trombone. At a blind audition, Pelageya and Agutin turned to Intars, while Gradsky and Bilan did not see an energetic performance from the Latvian. Regular viewers of the New Wave in Jurmala will surely remember Intars, in which he participated and won in the past. This page contains the biography of the artist, interesting facts from his life, as well as photographs. How his fate will turn out in this competition - it remains only to follow the broadcasts, and who knows, maybe he will win this competition, however, he will have serious rivals.

Biography Intars Busulis

Date of birth: May 2, 1978
Who according to the horoscope: Taurus
How old: 36
Origin: Talsy (Latvia)
Personal life: Married with three children
Where he worked before the Voice project: Worked as a vocalist and musician, took part in various festivals and competitions
Musical education: music school (trombone class), college of music
Mentor in Voice 3: Agutin

Interesting about the participant:

In 2005, the artist took part in the New Wave competition in Jurmala, and won it.
Recorded a duet with Elena Vaenga, the song Neva and performed in the Saturday Evening program
Intars knows how to cook pilaf, and also sometimes cooks pancakes with potatoes
Favorite dishes of Russian cuisine: pickle, dumplings, Olivier.
There is an older sister who graduated from the same school and the same college as Intars.
Intars has both ears pierced
Intars released five albums before participating in the Voice contest

Intars Busulis VKontakte: Intars does not have an official VKontakte page
Intars Busulis on Instagram: http://instagram.com/intarsbusulis

Intars Busulis is a pop performer from Latvia, a participant in the Eurovision-2009 and Voice-3 music contests.

Born on May 2, 1978 in Latvia, in the city of Talsi. The family brought up five children. Intars, following his older sister, was sent to a music school, where he learned the basics of playing the trombone. The boy was drawn into music lessons. He participated in the performances of the children's musical group. Intars also studied folk dances in the Talsu Spridisi Ensemble. As a teenager, he hosted programs on the radio channel Radio SWH.

Music

Having received a secondary education, Intars goes to the seaside town of Ventspils to study at a music college. Here the young man becomes a member of the Ventspils Big Band musical ensemble, which performed under the direction of Ziedonis Zaikovskis. With his friend Raymond Tigulis, Intars creates the Caffe group. Busulis is chosen as the soloist of the musical group. Thus begins the vocal career of a musician. The project for 4 years of its existence has gained popularity among local youth.

In the early 2000s, Intars managed to work with the NVS Orchestra, with the Wet Point jazz band. In search of his own path, the artist performs at international music festivals: Kaunas Jazz (Lithuania), Nomme Jazz (Estonia), Midem (France) and Ottawa Jazz (Canada).

At the age of 26, Busulis received the Grand Prix at the Sony Jazz Stage competition for young jazz performers, and then won the main prize at the International Improvisers Competition in Pärnu. In 2005, the singer participates in the E.Y.J.O. Danish bass player Erik Musholm. The European Youth Jazz Orchestra successfully tours the countries of the European continent and North America.

Intars becomes a popular vocalist, the musician is involved in major theater projects: Notre Dame de Paris, Autoplanet, Mass by L. Bernstein. The artist collaborates with the production company Virus Art and participates in productions of Cabaret, Kino Cabaret, Cabaret Allez, Cabaret plin, plin.... Intars harmoniously fits into the musical trio Viva la bomba, where singer Aya Vitolina and pianist Uldis Markhilevich become his stage partners.

In the early 2000s, the Latvian singer met the master of the Soviet stage, who advised Busulis to apply for participation in the New Wave competition in Jurmala. As a result, in 2005 Intars received the Grand Prix of this prestigious international competition. Now Busulis can be seen annually at the competition performing in the concert program of guest stars.

In the same year, the singer released the first album Shades of Kiss, which was created with the participation of Karlis Latsis. The lyrics of all songs were performed in English. Three years later, the artist's second collection "Kino / Kino" appears, which includes tracks in Russian and Latvian, including the hit Brīvdiena, which becomes the leader of the national charts. In support of the album, Busulis arranges a tour of Latvia.

In 2009, Intars went to Moscow for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Probka", which he performed in Russian. The singer chose a Stockmann supermarket as a place for filming a video for a musical composition, and shop visitors served as extras for the video. Taking 19th place in the semi-final, the Latvian artist did not make it to the final.

In 2013, Intars Busulis was invited to the musical Onegin, which was staged at the Dailes Theater in the capital of Latvia. In a musical performance, the singer performed the part. In the same year, Busulis met the star of Russian chanson

The performers recorded several duets: "Neva", "Lena", "Gravity". The artists held a number of joint performances: at a Vaenga solo concert in St. Petersburg (KZ Oktyabrsky), in Jurmala (KZ Dzintari) and at the Golden Gramophone Award (Ice Palace). The hit "Neva" hit the top of the charts of Russian radio stations "Road Radio", "Chanson", "Piter FM". The famous duet appears on the air of Channel One in the program Songs for the Loved Ones and on the Russia-1 TV channel in the Saturday Evening show.

After participating in the TV show "Voice", the popularity of Intars in Russia is growing, and the management of Channel One decides to invite the pop star to the next musical project - "Just Like It", where Busulis was able to transform into musicians of different eras and directions. Intars managed to achieve a convincing resemblance to, and other stars.

In 2015, the singer released the album "Gravity", the first performance of the songs of which took place in St. Petersburg, in the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall. The Russian-language hits of this year were the songs "Umbrella" and "I'm going to look."

Project "Voice"

In 2014, Busulis went to the Voice-3 contest, which took place in Moscow and was broadcast on Channel One. At the qualifying round "Blind Auditions", the artist performed the song It don "t mean a thing. Already at the first appearance on stage, Intars presented all his musical talents to the audience and the jury - the artist accompanied the vocal part on the trombone. Of the two mentors who turned to the musician - and - Busulis chose the team of the second.

In the next round, “Duels”, singing the musical composition Play that funky music, Intars defeated his rival Michael Blaze, and in the third stage of “Knockouts” he beautifully performed the hit “I draw you” and got into the next round. Having performed in the quarterfinals with the composition "I love you more than nature", the Latvian artist becomes the semi-finalist of the show.

On December 19, Intars was entrusted with the opening of the semi-finals with the single Honesty. Russian fans who appeared after the singer's participation in the show are beginning to become interested in the biography and work of Intars Busulis. The number of subscribers to the singer's page in Instagram, where he uploads videos and photos of interesting working moments, has increased to 22 thousand.

Personal life

In 1996, Busulis met a girl named Inga at one of the discos in his native city. Young people met for a while, and then got married. Since then, there have been no changes in the musician's personal life.

In 1999, the young moved to Riga. In 2001, the firstborn appeared in the family - the son of Lanny, five years later - the daughter of Emilia. In 2012, Inga gave her husband another daughter, Amelia. Now older children attend regular and music schools. The son followed in the footsteps of his father - learning to play the trombone.

Intars Busulis now

At the beginning of 2016, in the New Year's program of Channel One, Intars presented a new song, Let's Start Again. At the competition in Jurmala "New Wave-2016", the premiere of the song "A Matter of Taste" took place. In March 2017, Busulis, together with the music group Abonementa Orkestris, released another disc in Latvian - "Next Stop".

Now the artist is touring the cities of Latvia, Busulis is scheduled to perform in July at the international festival Laima Vaikule Jūrmala Rendez-Vous, organized by. On the Day of Russia, Intars performed at a festive concert dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the music show "Voice". The performance of the winners of the program took place in the Concert Hall of the Kremlin Palace.

Discography

• "Shades of Kiss" - 2005
• "Kino / Cinema" - 2008
• "Gravity" - 2015
• "Next Stop" - 2017

There are several projects in our country that open up new talented performers throughout the country. Such a project is "Voice" on the first channel, charged with vocalists. It was with his help that the Latvian performer Intars Busulis became known to the Russian public. This is a man who devoted his life to music and achieved popularity.

Biography and early career

The famous singer was born on March 2, 1987 in the Latvian city of Talsi. His family was large, his parents raised five children. His older sister went to a music school, where they sent the grown boy. There, Inter Busulis learned to play the trombone. Studying at a music school was easy, which cannot be said about the middle school. The boy's progress was very limping. In addition, he enrolled in an art school, participated in a folk dance group. It was at this time that he first appeared on stage as an artist.

As a teenager, he hosted programs on the radio.

After graduating from high school, he left to study at a music college, which was located in the city of Ventspils. At this time, he becomes a member of the Ventspils Big Band ensemble and begins to sing. A little later, together with his friend, he creates the Cafe group, in which he becomes a soloist. This is how the first steps in his musical career were taken. The project was liked by the youth and quickly gained momentum. In parallel, Busulis played in a jazz group and the NVS Orchestra. Where else did the musician perform:

• At a jazz festival in Lithuania.
• Jazz music festivals in Canada, France, Estonia, Latvia.
• Performances and musicals. He was able to participate in the famous production of Notre Dame de Paris.

In the 2000s, the singer Intars Busulis met the Russian public. At one of the New Wave competitions, the musician performed for the domestic audience on the advice of Raymond Pauls. In 2005 he won the Grand Prix of the International Competition and becomes a regular guest in the concert program of the festival.

In the same year, the singer released his debut album, which Karlis Latsis worked on. All tracks were in English. Three years later, he releases a new collection, which featured songs in Russian and Latvian. The most popular track was Brīvdiena. To support the album, the artist goes on a tour of his native country.

In 2009 he becomes a member of Eurovision and comes to Russia with the song "Probka", which he performed in Russian. The clip was filmed in a supermarket, and ordinary citizens were used as extras. At the competition, the artist took only 19th place and was not selected for the final.

In 2013, he participates in the musical Onegin, which premiered in Latvia. The artist performed the part of Pushkin.

Popularity in Russia

In 2013, Intars Busulis met Elena Vaenga. There is an idea to sing a duet. The artists record several joint songs: "Neva", "Gravity", "Lena". They performed as a duet at many venues. Also, the Baltic singer supported Elena at her solo concert in St. Petersburg, where they sang joint songs. As a duet, they also performed tracks at Busulis' concert. After there were performances in Jurmala and at the Golden Gramophone. The audience liked the duet of Vaenga and Busulis, their relationship in the songs did not leave anyone indifferent.

2014 was marked by the participation of Intars Busulis in the Voice project. At the qualifying stage, he performed the song and accompanied himself on the trombone. Two mentors turned to him - Leonid Agutin and Pelageya. The singer chose the team of the first performer. In the project, he was able to reach the final. After success in "The Voice", the artist is invited to another show of the first channel - "Just the Same". Intours reincarnated as well-known personalities of our and foreign stage. According to the feedback from the audience, he did it well.

In 2015, the singer released his album Gravity. Two songs became real hits in our country - "Umbrella" and "I'm going to look." Currently, the artist also records songs and shoots videos. One of his works is a video for the song "I draw you", which he sang on the "Voice". The video has already been viewed by 50,000 people. Intars Busulis also maintains a page on Instagram, where he shares moments from his life and work with his subscribers.

Artist's personal life

The artist is married to a girl Inge. They met in 1996 at a disco in their hometown. For some time they talked, spent time together, after which they decided to get married. In 1999, the couple moved to Riga. In 2001, they had their first child, a boy named Lanny. Five years later, they became parents for the second time. They had a girl named Emilia. In 2012, the couple became a large family. The wife gave birth to a third child - a girl named Amelia. The artist's children go to a regular school. They are also interested in music. The eldest son is learning to play the trombone.

Many journalists tried to attribute to him an affair with Elena Vaenga, as the couple had a warm relationship. But they were connected only by the stage and joint work. As time passed, the conversations subsided.

Intars Busulis or, as he was called in one of the printed publications, Butulis, Burbulis, is a famous Latvian musician and singer. His career started in Latvia in 2002. He became known to the Russian audience after a duet with Vaenga, the show "Voice" and "Just Like". Today, the artist is engaged in music, releases his own videos and writes songs. Marital status: married and has three children.

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Intars Busulis, a native of a small Latvian town turned jazz and pop artist, has managed to achieve international recognition and win several prestigious awards in Latvia and Europe. However, mass fame brought him participation in the Moscow Eurovision Song Contest, and then in popular TV shows.

Intars was born on May 2, 1978 in the ancient, but very small Latvian town of Talsi. Despite the fact that their family was large, parents paid much attention to the development of the abilities of children. From the age of eight, the boy began to study at a music school in the trombone class, in addition, he attended an art school and danced in the Talsu Spridisi folk ensemble. After graduating from a music school, following the example of his older sister, Intars entered the Ventspils College of Music. There he became a member of the Ventspils Big Band, led by Ziedlnis Zaikovskis. Intars' military service was in the orchestra of the Latvian armed forces, in addition, he was the host of the radio station "Radio SWF". Like any novice performer, Busulis went through the stage of forming his own group. In 1999, he and Raymond Tigulis created the boy band "Caffe

", where Intars became a soloist. The group performed for four years, which is not so little for a group of this level. In 2003, Invar Busulis and tenor saxophonist Vilnis Kundrats created the Wet Point jazz group, which performed in the programs of jazz festivals in different countries - not only in neighboring Lithuania ("Kaunas Jazz"), and Estonia ("Nomme Jazz"), but even in France ("Midem") and Canada ("Ottawa Jazz"). In 2004, Busulis received the Grand Prix at the Baltic Jazz Competition vocalists of the "Sony Jazz Stage", and then another one - at the improvisation competition in Pärnu.Since 2005, Busulis has performed in Canada and European countries with Erik Mosuholm (Denmark) as part of his jazz orchestra "European Youth" (E.Y.J.O).

However, Intars began to think about a solo career. Back in 2004, he took part in the qualifying competition of the "New Wave" in Jurmala. At

the dacha smiled at the singer in the summer of 2005, when the New Wave jury, which included such authorities as Pauls, Meladze, Krutoy, Agutin, Vaikule, unanimously awarded him first place and a prize of 35 thousand dollars. In the same year, Busulis released his debut English-language album "Shades of Kiss". He led an active concert activity, participated in various musicals, and began an active collaboration with the composer Karolis Latsis. The songs they created in Latvian and Russian made up the album "Kino". In 2008, for the release of the album, Intars Busulis held a concert tour throughout Latvia, which was a great success, and the song "Brīvdiena" entered the charts of music channels on television and radio stations.

The next step in the performing career of Intars Busulis was participation in such a prestigious competition as Eurovision, which in 2009

du passed in Moscow. The singer successfully passed all rounds of selection, and presented the song "Sastrēgums" ("Street traffic jam") at the competition. Performing in Russian was a rather unexpected step for the Latvian singer, but Intars explained this by the fact that he speaks Russian better than English. The song entered the second semi-final. Since that time, the singer began an active collaboration with Raymond Pauls, which resulted in the release of the album "God forbid" in 2010. It included Pauls' songs performed by Intars Busulis to the words of the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. The rating of the performer continued to rise in his homeland: in 2013 he was invited to the Riga Dailes Theater, where for two years he appeared on stage in the musical Onegin, in which he played the role of Pushkin. In addition, his specialty as a trombonist turned out to be in demand: Busulis became a member of Big Ben

yes on Latvian radio. As for Russia, since 2013 Intars has been actively cooperating with Elena Vaenga. They jointly performed the composition "Neva", which was performed at the solo concerts of the singer in St. Petersburg and Busulis in Jurmala, as well as at the presentation of the "Golden Gramophone". This song entered the rotation of many radio stations, including such as "Road Radio", "Spring", "Piter FM", etc. In April 204, "Neva" was in the lead in the hit parade of the radio station "Chanson", and retained the rating for three weeks. In the spring of 2014, the duo made their debut on Channel One, then on the Rossiya TV channel. Vaenga and Busulis recorded another song called "Lena", and the singer also performed a Russian translation of Busulis' old hit "Brivdiena". The new text was called "Gravity", and the duo performed it at Elena Vaenga's concert in September 2014.

In the same

In the year Busulis made a rather unexpected act for his fans - he became a member of the TV show "Voice", conducted by Channel One. In fairness, the singer's friends submitted an application without his knowledge, however, after the selection jury approved his candidacy, Busulis decided to take part in this popular show. In "Blind Audition" he performed the jazz standard "It don't mean a thing", in which he combined singing with the trombone part. This made a huge impression on the organizers of the "Voice", and such singers as Leonid Agutin and Pelageya Under the leadership of Agutin in "Fights" Busulis convincingly won over Michael Blaze with the song "Play that funky music". The contrast to this famous composition was the song "I draw you", dedicated to the memory of the deceased Estonian singer Jaak Yoala. With this comp

position Intras Busulis won in "Knockouts" and reached the quarterfinals, and then, with the song of Pauls and Yevtushenko "I love you more than nature", confidently reached the semifinals. He opened the final concert of the show with the cult song "Honesty" by Billy Joel.

The singer's new projects were the TV show "Just Like It", in which Busulis successfully reincarnated as such an ambiguous celebrity as Boris Moiseev, who spoke very favorably about the image created by Intars. The singer's performances were also successful in the images of Nikolai Rastorguev, Billy Joel, Joe Dassin and other celebrities. In the summer of 2015, the singer plans to record a new album "Gravity", the presentation of which will take place in the fall. As for the personal life of Intars Busulis, he prefers not to talk about it. It is known that the singer is happily married and is a loving father of a son and two daughters.