Urs Toni Buhler on 19 July 1971 in Willisau, born in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. He is a classical tenor.
His singing career began at age five in a choir in his hometown. From childhood he learned to play violin, clarinet, piano, guitar and drums.
His music career started out with fifteen. He sang in a cover band, and at seventeen was the lead singer of the heavy metal band "Conspiracy" from Lucerne. At the same time, however, he took classical singing lessons and has trained his voice, especially on religious chant. He attended an academy, where he's singing skills, especially in the extended church singing.
Soon he moved to Amsterdam, where he took singing lessons from Udo Reinemann, a renowned German baritone singer. Urs perfected his skills in the classic Swedish tenor Gosta Winbergh and French tenor Christian Papis. He sang in a choir and performed in Holland at the Salzburg Festival under the baton of Claudio Abbado.
Urs lived for the past seven years, before he came to Il Divo in Holland, sang several oratorios and had several appearances in the Dutch National Opera.
In December 2003 he was invited to Il Divo casting in London.
Urs spent three years with the Dutch model and soprano Jackie van Oppen together. His great happiness he found in 2006 with Il Divo makeup specialist, Tania Rodney. The two now live together in London and have a child.
The fans of Urs at the Divo followers call themselves "Uber-Babes" (front with the "U" of "Urs").
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