Name: Il Divo接受CCTV-15《音樂人生》欄目採訪 [w/English subtitle] 20120318 北京站 (Il Divo interview on CCTV-15 "Life of Music"(音乐人生) [w/English subtitle] 20120318 Beijing)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T04:49:53.000Z
Duration: 47 min 52 s
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Male Narrator: They are the most popular classical  crossover group in the world.

Each one of them represents  different cultural background.

By their unique way, they make  classical vocal popular around the world.

Withstanding the test of time,  Their voices break the barrier between nations, and they are getting more and more popular.

They visited Life of Music, and told us  the lengendary music stories of the group.

Sun Xiaomei: Hello dear audience, this is CCTV Life of Music show.

I'm the hostess Sun Xiaomei. Welcome to our show.

Today we have several very special guests here.

They come from different countries, they speak different languages,

But music brought them together. And together they sing in beautiful harmonies, and they make classic even more classic.

Male Narrator: They come from 4 different countries,

Withstanding the test of time, they already have 150 gold and platinum discs in 33 countries.

Their voices break the barrier between nations, and they are getting more and more popular.

Sun Xiaomei: Welcome! Please! Welcome! Hello, hello...

Welcome, our friends from the distance, please take a seat.

Now, Vocal Gentlemen are sitting in front of us for real.

Would you please introduce yourselves briefly?

Seb[in French]: Hello, I'm Sebastien,  I'm from France.

Urs[in German]: Hello, I'm Urs, I'm from Switzerland.

Sun Xiaomei: OK, our friend from Switzerland!

Carlos[in Spanish]: I'm Carlos, I'm from Spain. Hola!

Sun Xiaomei: Welcome, you four gentlemen.

Wow, now someone in our audience is speaking to Carlos in Spanish.

We can see that on the table, we've put some simple Chinese food.

As we know that our four gentlemen just  got off the plane. They came directly from  the airport to our studio.

We know that you haven't ate yet, you may be a little bit hungry.

So we prepared some delicious Beijing food. Let me introduce these food to you, ok?

In the middle is the Beijing Kung Pao Chicken. Over there is the small ribs with sweet sauce.

And the four small dishes, are some traditional Beijing snacks.

Four gentlemen, please take the chopsticks and try it. Come on, please try it.

This is our special way to welcome you today. Please don't be shy, try it.

Sebastien doesn't eat spicy. Maybe you can try the small ribs?

When he eats Kung Pao Chicken, he doesn't  eat the chicken, nor does he eat the peanuts,

He only eats the chili pepper in the seasoning.

There's something better for you. Now, please look.

Please welcome the head chef from  Dadong Peking Roast Duck!

Have you been welcomed in this way before?

Dadong Peking Roast Duck is a very authentic  and very popular Peking Roast Duck restaurant.

Today we have invited the head chef Mr.Liu Xinmin here. He'll prepare some roast duck for you.

You should try it, as you are in Beijing now.

How does it feel eating Peking Duck in Beijing? Does it taste different from the Chinese Roast Duck in your countries?

And we all know that a few days ago, in Shanghai our four gentlemen just had their first concert in China this tour.

Would you please tell us what you think of Chinese audience?

We've heard that you've tried some Chinese food in Shanghai, as well.

OK, now our duck is ready.  We could let them try it.

Male Narrator: David Miller, from Colorado, USA. He's the highest tenor in the band.

He has a nickname "Baby Bear".  He's got the childish side of him.

He's very sincere, cute, honest and friendly.

Even though he likes to play jokes and laugh, he is very serious when it comes to work.

He has a very rigorous attitude towards music.

He has been loving music since he was very young. He graduated from the renowned Oberlin Conservetory  of Music in USA with excellent grades.

He's got a bachelor's degree in Vocal Performance and a Master's degree in Opera Theatre.

Sun Xiaomei: I would like to start with David,  David Miller.

So you come from the America. I've learned that your hometown is Colorado State, right?

Male Narrator: Carlos, from the very exotic city, Madrid, Spain.

He's got a lot of Latin characters. Maybe we could say that he is both elegant in manners and extremely passionate in heart.

He's a gentleman with mature charms and  sense of humour.

He may be the one who fits the traditional  concept of male charms best in the band.

At a very young age, he had the reputation of "music prodigy".

He had his first album released at age 10.

He made his name in the Spanish productions of Les Miserables, Man from La Mancha, etc.

He is very famous in Spain, and he has won  acclaim as "primo baritono".

Sun Xiaomei: I always feel that Carlos looks like the bullfighter from some Spanish Movie I've seen.

Right? He looks like the actor, the title role.

And we've heard that it seems Carlos has  the plan of performing in a movie.

Would you please tell us about your hometown in Spain, is it Madrid?

And he looks like some star from action movies, as well. He's got the charisma,  the unique charisma.

I think it would be great to see you in a Kungfu movie, an action movie someday.

Oh, I would like to take Kungfu class with you. I don't know Kungfu.

Male Narrator: Urs Buhler is the other tenor in the band.

He is just like a swiss watch, very precise, very punctuate. He likes everything to be neat and graceful.

Different from his usual slightly sombre appearnce, He loves Motorcycles, heavy metal music.

At age 17, when he was still in high school, he joined a local rock band and started his  singing career.

In his early career, Urs had performed many Oratorios and done a lot of solo works.

Il Divo接受CCTV-15《音樂人生》欄目採訪 [w/English subtitle] 20120318 北京站 (Il Divo interview on CCTV-15 "Life of Music"(音乐人生) [w/English subtitle] 20120318 Beijing)

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Il Divo接受CCTV-15《音樂人生》欄目採訪 [w/English subtitle] 20120318 北京站 (Il Divo interview on CCTV-15 "Life of Music"(音乐人生) [w/English subtitle] 20120318 Beijing)

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