Voice participant from Latvia. “The main thing is that I myself understand where I come from, what the flag of my Motherland looks like”

There are several projects in our country that are introducing new talented performers to the whole 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 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 secondary school. The boy's academic performance was very poor. In addition, he enrolled in art school, participated in a folk dance group. It was at this time that he first appeared on stage as an artist.

As a youth, he hosted radio programs.

After graduation high school went to study at College of Music, 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, he and his friend create the group “Cafe”, in which he becomes the lead singer. This is how the first steps were taken in his musical career. The project was liked by young people and quickly gained momentum. At the same time, Busulis played in a jazz group and the NVS Orchestra. Where else did the musician perform:

• At a jazz festival in Lithuania.
• Festivals jazz music in Canada, France, Estonia, Latvia.
• Productions and musicals. He was able to participate in famous production"Notre Dame de Paris".

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

In the same year, the singer released his debut album, on which Karlis Lacis worked. All tracks were on English language. Three years later he releases 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 around home country.

In 2009 he becomes a Eurovision participant and comes to Russia with the song “Traffic,” 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 finals.

In 2013, he took part 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. The idea arises to sing a duet. The artists record several joint songs: “Neva”, “Gravity”, “Lena”. As a duet they performed at many venues. The Baltic singer also supported Elena on her solo concert in St. Petersburg, where they sang joint songs. They performed tracks as a duet at Busulis’ concert. Afterwards there were performances in Jurmala and at the Golden Gramophone. The audience liked the duet of Vaenga and Busulis; their relationship in the songs left no one indifferent.

2014 was marked by the participation of Intars Busulis in the “Voice” project. At the qualifying stage, he performed a 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 on Channel One, “Just the Same.” Intours reincarnated into famous personalities ours and foreign stage. According to audience reviews, he did a good job.

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 is also recording songs and filming 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 watched by 50 thousand people. Intars Busulis also runs a page on Instagram, where he shares moments from his life and creativity with his subscribers.

Personal life of the artist

The artist is married to his girlfriend Inga. They met in 1996 at a disco in their hometown. They talked for some time, spent time together, and then 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 regular school. They are also interested in music. The eldest son is learning to play the trombone.

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

Intars Busulis or, as he was called in one of the printed publications, Butulis, Burbulis, is a famous Latvian musician and singer. His career began in Latvia in 2002. He became known to Russian audiences after his duet with Vaenga, the shows “The Voice” and “Just the Same.” Today the artist makes music, releases own clips and writes songs. Marital status: married and has three children.

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Biography, life story of Intars Busulis

Intars Busulis (Intars Busulis) – singer and musician.

Childhood

Intars Busulis was born on May 2, 1978 in the small town of Tulsa, where he received his first musical skills at a music school, studying trombone. As a child, he was particularly diligent - he attended art school, danced in a folk dance group, even learned to shoot, and in free time I drew cartoons from various magazines. The first performance took place together with the children's ensemble Talsu Spridisi (Talsu Spridishi) back in the days of music school.

Youth. The beginning of a creative journey

While still very young, Intars worked as a presenter at the radio station Radio SWH.

After graduating from music school in Tulsa, he decided to try more spacious “waters” and went to the city by the sea - Ventspils, where he studied at a music college and played in the “Ventspils Big Band” under the direction of Ziedonis Zaikovskis. Soon, together with Raymond Tigulis, he created the group Caffe. The project, which began as a comic challenge to fate, became its turning point. The group existed for four years and even gained significant popularity - so Intars officially became a singer. At the same time, he continued to play in the NVS Orchestra and in the jazz group Wet Point (with Vilnis Kundrat), and in 2005, as a vocalist, he participated in the project of the Danish bass guitarist Erik Musholm E.Y.J.O. (European Youth Jazz Orchestra).

Success

He took part in jazz festivals in Lithuania (Kaunas Jazz), Estonia (Nomme Jazz, Jazz Kaar), France (MIDEM), Finland (Pori Jazz), Canada (Otawa Jazz) and, of course, in Latvia (Sony Jazz Stage), in the musicals Notre Dame de Paris (2007), “Autoplanet”, in Leonard Bernstein’s work “Mass”, as well as in concert productions of the production group Virus Art Cabaret (Cabaret (2004), Kino Cabaret (2005), Cabaret Allez (2006), Cabaret plin, plin... (2007)) and in music project Viva la Bomba together with Aja Vitolina, Uldis Markhilevich and others.

Intars also had the opportunity to work with maestro Raymond Pauls, whose fame extends throughout Russia. It was Pauls who recommended Intars to take part in the “New Wave – 2005” competition, where he won the grand prix. Since winning the competition, Intars has become its annual guest, performing with the “cream” of Russian show business.

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In addition to three selections for Eurovision and New Wave, he performed at the Sony Jazz Stage competitions (Grand prix (2004)) and the international competition in Pärnu (Grand prix (2004)).

In 2007, Intars already took second place, performing the hit of Latsis and Sergei Timofeev “Racing”.

In 2008, Intars, together with composer Kārlis Latsis, released his first album, which included original compositions in Russian and Latvian. He performed songs from the album at concerts throughout Latvia. For several months, the composition Brivdiena topped the radio and television charts. In 2009 he won several prestigious Latvian music awards and began work on a solo album in English.

In 2009, Intars and Sweetwaterz won the national selection with the song Sastregums (“Traffic”).

In the middle of winter 2013, Intars was lucky enough to meet talented singer. After talking a little, the artists decided to collaborate. This is how their joint composition “Neva” was born, the presentation of which took place at the end of January 2014 at a solo concert in St. Petersburg. By spring the song became very popular. For almost a whole month she did not leave the first lines of various charts.

After the first success, Intars decided to continue their mutual fruitful work. In the spring of 2014, the duo performed on Channel One, amazing the audience with the brightness of their performance. In the autumn of the same year, Busulis was introduced new song“Gravity” (translation of the already famous song by Intars Btivdiena).

In the summer of 2014, Intars Busulis decided to try his hand at television show"Voice". He submitted an application for participation, which was, of course, approved by the organizers of the competition. On September 5, he performed a superb performance of the song “It Don’t Mean a Thing.” Two mentors wanted to work with him at once -

Intars Busulis is a musician, jazz performer, participant in the international Eurovision competition. His talent, natural charisma and simply very beautiful appearance almost constantly attracted fans. Despite all this, the personal life of Intars Busulis and his wife is going very well, which is confirmed photos together.

Intars was born in Latvia in the small settlement of Tulsa. There were a lot of children in his family, and almost all of them were inclined towards musical endeavors. That is why he graduates from music school, where he learned to play the trombone to perfection. But musical successes would not be so noticeable if not for bad marks in other general education subjects.

He was a truly versatile boy; in addition to all this, he enjoyed going to various performances, learning to dance, and taking part in school amateur performances. His parents did not pay any attention to his poor grades, as they wanted him to become a full-fledged musician.

The team "Talsu Spridisi" became the beginning of it creative career, with which he spoke to the population of his city.

Of course, popularity in a small provincial town was limited, and Intars wanted something more. Therefore, having graduated secondary school, he goes to the city of Ventspils. Here his older sister was waiting for him, who was already studying at a music college, and Intars also enrolls here. Here he met musicians, played in one of the groups, which greatly pleased his family and friends. Ahead was waiting for him successful career musician.

Career

Then, together with his friend Raymond Tigulis, they create their own music group. It was called “Caffe”, and for four years it existed thanks to the enthusiasm of these two guys. Here a young performer tried himself as a vocalist. For him it was not just a hobby, but part of his job.

Together he took part in various jazz groups and in the NBC Orchestra. It's safe to say that jazz has become a part of life young man. He was easily selected for various competitions and festivals dedicated to this musical direction, became part of some groups. In general, his career took off.

Performing at the best jazz festivals in Finland, Canada, France and the Baltic countries, he showed his talent. Then there were about several dozen proposals from various musical directors. Of course, he took part in several, but he was not very interested in it. But the project “Notre Dame de Paris”, which was also released as a musical, remained in his heart forever. Any artist dreams of taking part in such a musical work, but not everyone succeeds. The personal life of Intars Busulis is going very well, in in social networks you can find a photo with his wife and children. They are very happy to have a full-fledged family.

Many Russian amateurs jazz art know that Intars Busulis worked with Raymond Pauls. It was from him that the offer came to take part in music festival"New wave".

By and large, after that he was again invited to this competition more than once as a guest. We can say with confidence that Intars Busulis is an ideal modern world jazz music that many should look up to.

"Shades of Kiss" is the first solo album Busulis, who was born shortly before his trip to Eurovision. Concert program, with which he toured Latvia, was created precisely on this music album. Many television viewers received the new actor quite well, and today he is a celebrity. The songs included in the album are not only in Latvian, there are also Russian-language tracks. It is important to him to provide listeners with the music they want to listen to.

In 2009, he was awarded the opportunity to represent his country at the international Eurovision Song Contest. His musical composition“Traffic” was performed entirely in Russian. This song is dedicated to the modern realities of human life. Subsequently, this track was recorded in English version. This stage in Intars' life is very important.

In 2013 there was a meeting with Russian performer, with whom they recorded several joint songs. One of the most famous is the Neva. Elena Vaenga's solo concert, which took place in St. Petersburg, became the premiere of this work. Afterwards, Vaenga herself accepted invitations from Intars and visited Jurmala for his solo concert. The work of these two wonderful performers deserves special respect.

Subsequently, their creative and professional careers intersected more than once. Both performers maintain good friendships. Of course the means mass media did not ignore this, and more than once started rumors about their intimate relationship, which was never true.

In fact, Intars Busulis is married, he has an excellent personal life, which is confirmed by joint photos with his wife and children. Today, the performer’s career continues to actively develop and he does not intend to stop there.

Intars Busulis during his participation in the program “Exactly Exactly” in the role of Boris Moiseev

For Intars, the most important thing is to help many aspiring artists develop jazz culture. His works and songs are in demand all over the world.

IN currently Almost all of Intars’ concerts are held in Latvia, but sometimes he comes to other cities in the post-Soviet space.

Participation in the show "The Voice"

In 2014, the young singer decided to try his hand at music show"Voice". To do this, he goes to Russia. His short but very interesting performance attracted the interest of several judges. After which he joins Leonid Agutin’s team.

Working on this project became a new stage in my career. Many Russian producers began to offer him mutually beneficial cooperation. Intars himself came to the show only to show his talent, he did not need popularity.

Personal life

We can talk about the interests and hobbies of Intars Busulis for a long time. He loves to listen to the music of various artists. In his interviews he admitted more than once that he best friend this is a trombone. He went through a lot with him, starting from children's music school, and to this day they have not parted.

Concerning personal life, then today Intars is married and has three children. You can find a photo of Intars Busulis and his wife on the Internet without any problems; he does not hide his personal life and relationships. Today the performer lives in Riga.

In fact talented actor today he is one of the main stars of Latvia. Many critics speak about his talent and only good things. Thus, the career of a boy from the city of Tulsa developed, who had only bad grades, and today is known almost all over the world.

The future star of the TV shows “The Voice” and “Just the Same”, a famous Latvian pop and jazz musician, whom many in his native country today consider “singer No. 1”, Intars Busulis was born on May 2, 1978 in a large family. He has two brothers and two sisters. The older sister studied at a music school - and when Intars was eight years old, his parents sent him to study there too: it was more convenient to take two children to classes. Intars enjoyed studying in the music school, played the trombone, and played in the children's musical ensemble, was studying folk dances as part of the ensemble Talsu Spridisi, at one time he went to art school. As the musician admits, he is very grateful to his parents for not putting pressure on him and giving him so many opportunities to express himself. He tries to adhere to the same principle now in relation to his own children.

After school, following his sister Intars Busulis, he entered the Ventspils College of Music. While studying there, the young man played in the Ventspils Big Band group. In 1999, together with composer Raimonds Tigulis, he created the group Caffe, and in 2003 he started solo career. Invars served in the army for five years - he played in the orchestra of the National Armed Forces of Latvia. At one time, Busulis was very interested in jazz: he played trombone in the jazz group Wet Point, and in 2005 he already worked as a vocalist in the project of the Danish bass guitarist Erik Musholm E.Y.J.O. (European Youth Jazz Orchestra). The young singer took part in many jazz festivals; in 2004, Intars won the Grand Prix of the youth competition jazz singers Baltic Sony Jazz Stage and Grand Prix of the International Improviser Competition in Pärnu.

In 2005, Busulis met Raymond Pauls on the radio - it was Pauls who recommended him to take part in the New Wave 2005 competition, where the singer eventually won Grand Prize. Also in 2005, together with composer Kārlis Lacis, Intars Busulis released his first Shades album of Kiss with songs in Latvian and Russian. In 2009, Intars represented Latvia at Eurovision, the competition was held in Moscow and he sang in Russian. As the singer himself admits, he mainly performs songs in Russian, English and Latvian, but he can also sing in Italian or Serbian.

In 2013, Intars met Elena Vaenga, the result of the meeting was an interesting collaboration for both new success. Together they recorded the song “Neva”, which they presented in next year at the singer’s solo concert in St. Petersburg and Intars’ solo concert in Jurmala, as well as at the Golden Gramophone award. For a long time the composition did not leave the first lines of various charts. Inspired by success, in 2014 Vaenga wrote the composition “Lena” for Busulis, and also made a Russian version of his hit from his first album - Brivdiena. IN Russian version the composition was called “Gravity” and became another hit. In the fall of 2014, Intars became a participant in the third season of the TV show “The Voice” and reached the semi-finals. Moreover, he got into the TV show almost by accident: Russian friends wrote an application to participate in the program on his behalf, Busulis himself learned about the project only when e-mail received a letter inviting me to come to the audition.

In February 2015, the Latvian singer was again invited to Channel One for the second season of the show “Just the Same.” On the project he managed to be Boris Moiseev, Billy Joel, Nikolai Rastorguev, Joe Dassin, Phil Collins, Adriano Celentano, Mark Knopfler, Leni Kravitz, Garik Sukachev and even Tina Turner. Intars also plans to release a new album and a large concert tour in 2015.

In addition, since 2013, Busulis has been playing in the musical “Onegin” at the Riga Dailes Theater, appearing on stage as Pushkin himself.

Intars is a father of many children; he has three children - two daughters and a son. Eldest daughter Emilia and son Lenijs are studying at a music school, and the son, ironically, is also studying trombone: he wanted to play the guitar, but the only available instrument was the trombone - so Lenijs followed in his father’s footsteps. The singer does not like to talk about his personal life; he believes that love, politics and money are very intimate things. However, it is known that his wife’s name is Inga, she is also from Talsi, they met in 1996 at a disco, and at first they were just friends - to the young musician it took time to win the girl's heart. Now Busulis's family lives in Riga, although he never ceases to repeat that his hometown- Talsi, and that he really hopes to return there in a few years.

Data

• Intars Busulis grew up in a large family, he has two brothers and two sisters. The singer himself has three children - two daughters and a son, and assures that this is not the limit. The musician also calls children his main achievement in life. Intars's older children study at a music school, and his son, like him, plays the trombone.

• The singer’s native language is Latvian, he also speaks excellent Russian and English, and understands German quite well. In addition, Busulis assures that he can still sing in Italian and Serbian.

• While serving in the army, Intars played in the orchestra of the National Armed Forces of Latvia.

• Despite the fact that his beloved wife Inga is in charge of the housework, the singer is a good cook; among his signature dishes are pilaf and pancakes with potatoes.

• At the “blind” audition for the show “The Voice,” Intars Busulis performed famous song Duke Ellington's It Don't Mean A Thing. He came on stage with a trombone and sang while playing along with himself.

Awards
2004 Grand Prix Sony Jazz Stage, Grand Prix of the International Improvisers Competition in Pärnu.

Intars Busulis- famous Latvian jazz and pop musician and artist.

Intars Busulis. Biography

Intars Busulis born on May 2, 1978 in Tulsa, (LatSSR). IN school years He played in a children's musical ensemble and practiced folk dancing. He graduated from the Talsi Music School, trombone class, and the Ventspils Music College. Worked as a presenter at the Latvian radio station Radio SWH.

In 1999, together with Raymonds Tigulis he formed the group Caffe, and four years later began his solo career in search of own style. During this time he played in the National Armed Forces Brass Band and the Wet Point Jazz Band. His musical odyssey did not end there. He performed at jazz festivals in Lithuania, Estonia and France, and in 2005, as a vocalist and trombonist, he joined the band of a Danish bass guitarist Erica Mosuholma"E.Y.J.O."

In 2008, Intars, together with composer Kārlis Lacis, released his first album, which included songs in Latvian and Russian. Intars supported the release of the album with a concert tour in Latvia. Four months later, the song "Brīvdiena" entered the charts of music channels and radio stations.

In 2009 Intars Busulis received several important Latvian music awards and began work on a new album in English. On " Eurovision 2009“In Moscow, he performed the song “Traffic” in Russian.

Since 2013, Intars has been playing A.S. Pushkin in the musical “Onegin” at the Riga theater “Dailes”. Intars also performs as a trombonist as part of the legendary Latvian Radio Big Band.

At the end of 2013, Intars met singer Elena Vaenga. Highly appreciating the musical presentation, unusual manner of performance and natural artistry, Elena invited Intars to enter the Russian stage. Together they recorded a duet for the song “Neva”, which they presented at the singer’s solo concert at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg on January 28, 2014 and at Intars’ solo concert at the Dzintari Hall in Jurmala on June 30, as well as at the “ Golden Gramophone Award"at the Ice Palace on November 30, 2014.

On March 8, 2014, the duet’s television premiere took place on Channel One in a programme " Songs for loved ones", a week later on the channel Russia 1 in a programme " Saturday evening».

September 5, 2014 Intars Busulis came on stage of the show "The Voice", Season 3. At the blind audition, he decided to perform the song Duke Ellington“It’s all pointless,” while the singer took to the stage with a trombone, simultaneously playing along with himself and vocalizing. TO Intars Busulis all the mentors turned and without exception showered him with praise. However, he preferred the team of Leonid Agutin.

Performing "I Love You More than Nature" Intars reached the semi-finals. On December 19, 2014, Intars opened the semi-finals of the TV show “The Voice” with a hit Billy Joel Honesty.

In February 2015, the second season of the transformation show “Exactly” started on Channel One, and one of its participants was Intars Busulis. On the project, the singer transformed into Boris Moiseev, and the original himself was very pleased with the image that Intars showed. Creating the image of Boris Moiseev took a total of about four hours of make-up work. Viewers also saw Busulisa in images Billy Joel and the lead singer of the Lyube group Nikolai Rastorguev.

Intars Busulis: “It was especially interesting for me to perform as Billy Joel, because he has an unusual style of performance: he sings only with his diaphragm. When I transformed into him, I felt real excitement. I think that at the moment it is with Billy Joel that I have the greatest resemblance.”

Intars Busulis married, he has three children.