Salvador sings in the genres of alternative rock, soul, jazz, and is a fan The Baker couple and bossa nova performers ( Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarca).
Salvador Sobral / Salvador Sobral. Biography
Salvador Vilar Bramkamp Sobral(port. Salvador Vilar Braamcamp Sobral) was born on December 28, 1989 in Lisbon (Portugal). Salvador spent his childhood first in the USA and then in Barcelona. The Salvador Sobral family comes from the old Portuguese noble family. The singer has elder sister- Louise Vilar Bramkamp Sobral, who was born on September 18, 1987 and, like her brother, became a vocalist.
Salvador Sobral has been seriously ill since birth: he suffers from a heart defect. Due to this, he requires a heart transplant.
In 2009, Salvador took part in the third season of the Portuguese version popular show talents of Pop Idol, where he took seventh place. His sister Luisa Sobral beat her brother to third place in the first season of Portuguese Pop Idol.
Salvador Sobral studied psychology at the Lisbon Higher Institute of Applied Psychology. However, Salvador decided to leave his studies at the university in order to build musical career, and entered the prestigious music school Taller of Musics, which is located in Barcelona. In 2016, the first album of the aspiring singer was released, which he called Excuse me.
In 2017, Portugal, after a year-long break, decided to take part in Eurovision again, and Sobral became a participant in the Portuguese Eurovision selection Festival da Canção 2017 with the song Amar pelos dois. On March 5 he won in qualifying round and entered the competition with a song Amar Pelos Dois, in which sings about a heart that “will endure everything and can love for two.”
Due to his illness, Salvador was unable to take part in Eurovision 2017 on a general basis, missing the rehearsals for the semi-finals and arriving in Kyiv for the general run-through and the start of the semi-finals. He was replaced at press conferences Native sister Louise, who is the author of the song Amar Pelos Dois.
Salvador Sobral explained after his victory that the song he performed at Eurovision has “harmony and melody that are a little reminiscent of American songbooks and at the same time bossa nova,” adding that for him “the most important thing is to convey emotions. Whatever they may be."
0 May 14, 2017, 10:47Yesterday, May 13, at the International exhibition center the final took place in Kyiv music competition"", the winner of which was the Portuguese performer Salvador Sobral. According to the results of voting by spectators in 42 countries and members of the jury of the song tournament, the singer scored a total of 758 points. The 27-year-old representative of Portugal performed the composition Amar Pelos Dois. By the way, the author of the song was Salvador’s sister Louise Sobral.
As soon as the presenters announced the name of the winner of the competition, the singer took the stage and stated that at Eurovision, artists always present compositions that contain a certain meaning:
What I'm saying is that we live in a world of fickle, festival music that has no substance, and I think that might be a victory for music with meaning. Music is not fireworks, music is a feeling. So let's try to change that and bring back real music.
The performer's sister came on stage with him and could not contain her emotions. After the end of the competition, journalists managed to talk to the girl, and she told why her brother became the winner.
When I thought about this song, I imagined that listeners would be attracted to its simplicity. The simplicity of the song was the most important thing, it distinguished it from everything else that was in the competition. Simplicity and the way my brother executed it is key. When he sang, I saw every word in his eyes. He made her special
Louise stated.
It should be noted that due to health reasons, Salvador missed almost all rehearsals. The musician was reportedly diagnosed with a heart defect. Sobral is scheduled to undergo surgery very soon.
Second place at Eurovision 2017 was taken by a resident of Moscow, who represented Bulgaria at the competition, 17-year-old Christian Kostov. Note that he became the youngest performer at the last event. He managed to score a total of 615 points.
The group SunStrokeProject from Moldova took third place in the music tournament table. The guys from the group, of course, were significantly inferior in points to Salvador and Christian. They managed to earn 374 points.
Musical group SunStrokeProject
Let us remind you that Russia did not take part in the competition. This happened for the first time since 2000. Yulia Samoilova, who was supposed to represent our country at Eurovision 2017, was denied entry into Ukraine by local authorities. They stated that the artist violated state legislation, since in 2015 Yulia traveled to Crimea, where she had a performance. That’s why the SBU restricted the singer’s entry for three whole years. By the way, we already know that Channel One refused to broadcast the event.
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Portuguese Salvador Sobral captivated listeners with the lyrical ballad "Amar Pelos Dois" on native language and became the winner of Eurovision 2017. Styler reports about the biography and career of the performer.
Full name winner of Eurovision 2017 - Salvador Vilar Braamkamp Collected. He was born in the capital of Portugal, Lisbon, in 1989. Interestingly, his family comes from an old Portuguese noble family.
Salvador has been interested in music since childhood, but initially the guy chose psychology as a profession.
He planned to study at the Lisbon Institute of Applied Psychology and even went on an exchange program to the USA. But there, instead of studying, he preferred to sing the songs of his idols in bars: Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder. The musician is also a fan of Chet Baker and bossa nova performers.
Salvador soon realized that music plays a much larger role in his life than psychology.
He dropped out of school and entered the Spanish school "Taller de Músics" in the jazz department. In subsequent years, the aspiring performer tried his hand at different genres and took part in several musical projects. While living in Barcelona, Salvador was one of the members of the indie pop group "Noko Woi", and recorded a studio album with them.
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One of the most significant in creative career The talent show "Ídolos" became a gathering, in the first season of which his sister Louise successfully performed. Salvador finished in seventh place in the third season and gained popularity among the Portuguese public.
As a solo artist, Salvador Sobral released his debut album "Excuse Me" in 2016, which received high ratings music critics and became popular with listeners.
In the spring of 2017, the performer took part in the Portuguese national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest - Festival da Canção 2017. The singer performed the composition "Amar Pelos Dois", written by his sister Louise, and won the final of the competition. Thus, Salvador Sobral got the opportunity to represent his country on the Eurovision 2017 stage in Kyiv.
During preparations for the competition, it became known that El Salvador has serious problems with health. He recently had surgery. Due to a congenital defect, the singer needs a heart transplant.
Due to health problems, he was replaced by his sister Louise at the official rehearsals in Kyiv. The Portuguese received the appropriate permission from the Eurovision organizers. By the way, the sister is the co-author of the song “Amar pelos dois”, with which the Portuguese won the Eurovision national selection.
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However, the illness did not prevent the Portuguese participant from winning the Eurovision final, charming the audience with the lyricism of his performance and the magnetism of the song in his native language.
On The winner was the Portuguese Salvador Sobral with the composition Amar Pelos Dois. The 27-year-old singer's song was written by his sister Luisa Sobral, who says the composition is about her brother.
What is known about the Eurovision winner?
Salvador Sobral was born on December 28, 1989 in Lisbon. He lived in America for a long time, in Barcelona. He studied at the Lisbon Institute of Applied Technologies, but dropped out and went to study at the Taller de Músics music school.
By the way, Sobral has noble roots. Salvador, like his sister, writes songs and performs them. He became popular in his country after the show "Ídolos", the Portuguese version of the show "Pop Idol", where he took 7th place.
In 2014, he recorded an album as part of the indie pop group “Noko Woi”.
The band's debut album was released in 2014, and in 2016 Salvador Sobral recorded solo album"Excuse Me"
If you noticed, Salvador was singing on a small podium in the middle of the dance floor, not making a show of his song. His team also asked not to shine spotlights on the singer.
Sobral is seriously ill. It is necessary to find a heart donor by the end of the year so that he can live.
Immediately after the selection in Portugal, the singer underwent surgery to remove two hernias; he arrived in Kyiv only on May 7. All organizational matters Louisa decided.
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Biography, life story of Salvador Sobral
Salvador Vilar Bramkamp Sobral is a Portuguese singer.
Childhood and youth
Salvador was born in Lisbon on December 28, 1989 to Salvador Luis Cabral Bramkamp Sobral and Luisa Maria Cabral Posser Vilar. 2 years before the birth of the boy, the couple had a daughter, Louise.
Salvador comes from the old Portuguese noble family of Da Silva, whose history dates back to the 17th century.
In the very first days of Salvador’s life in this world, doctors gave him a terrible diagnosis - a heart defect. Despite the disappointing prospects, the boy grew up inquisitive and very active child. Salvador spent his childhood in Barcelona and the United States of America. At the age of only 10 years he took part in television program Bravo Bravíssimo.
After school, Salvador entered the Lisbon Higher Institute of Applied Psychology. But very soon the student realized that studying mental processes and analyzing people’s behavior was not as interesting to him as making music.
Career
In 2009, Salvador Sobral took part in the third season of the reality show Pop Idol (in its Portuguese version). The young man took an honorable 7th place. By the way, Salvador’s sister Louise, a singer and songwriter, took 3rd place in the first season of the same project.
In the early 2010s, Sobral dropped out of college, moved to Barcelona and became a student music school Taller of Musics. In 2013, El Salvador organized its own Music band Noki Woi. The guys performed in local bars and clubs. In 2015, the group broke up without achieving serious success.
After the dissolution of Noki Woi, Salvador Sobral began solo career. In 2016, the singer released his debut album Excuse Me. The collection includes songs in the style alternative rock, soul and jazz on English language. Many compositions were written by Louise Sobral. By 2018, Salvador's second album should be released, this time in Portuguese.
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"Eurovision"
In 2017, Salvador Sobral performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv on behalf of all of Portugal. The organizers of the project took into account the artist’s poor health, met him halfway and, solely for his convenience, slightly adjusted the rules. Salvador was allowed to fly to Kyiv only for the start of the semi-finals. At various press conferences and other events, Salvador was replaced by his sister Louise. Salvador's performance took place at small stage in dim spotlights - this was done so as not to accidentally provoke a deterioration in Sobral’s condition.
On May 13, 2017, Salvador Sobral brought victory to Portugal for the first time in the history of Eurovision. The singer set another record, scoring as many as 758 points. The audience was completely delighted with how sensually and how talented Sobral performed the composition Amar Pelos Dois (the author of the song is Louise Sobral).
Health status
Shortly before participating in Eurovision, Salvador Sobral underwent two heart surgeries. At the same time, the media wrote that surgical interventions did not help and the singer needed a heart transplant.
Political Views
Salvador Sobral is active civil position and follows the migration crisis in Europe very closely. The artist empathizes with refugees and tries to attract public attention to their problem. Thus, at one of the press conferences within the framework of Eurovision, Salvador appeared in a shot with the inscription S.O.S. REFUGEES, which means “Rescue the Refugees”.
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