Sebastien Izambard

Sébastien Izambard (born March 7, 1973) is a French tenor and member of the operatic pop musical quartet, Il Divo. Izambard is the only member of the group who is not classically trained so, his voice is classified as vox populi. Before joining in Il Divo, he had a career as a pop musician in France, releasing a solo album called Libre.
Besides a singer, Izambard is also an accomplished music composer and a piano and guitar player. In Paris he has written music for many French artists. In 2001, he performed with Johnny Halliday as a guest in the Olympia Theater, Paris. His music, greatly influenced by Jeff Buckley, earns him the acknowledgement of French and Canadian audiences.
He recorded two videoclips and collaborated in solidarity projects like the Noël Ensemble, a record in which more than one hundred artists participated in order to raise funds for the fight against AIDS. As a member of Il Divo, he continues working with a charity called Assistance Médicale Toit du Monde (AMTM) that helps women, children and the elderly, even organizing a fund raising raffle last September for AMTM among his fans to win one of his Armani suits.
Izambard performed in February 2002 in Richard Cocciante’s musical “Le Petit Prince”, where he played the role of the Business Man. Before being a member of Il Divo he also performed in several theater plays as part of the group “La Troupe”.
He was preparing his second album with Francis Madjouli and Lionel Florence when he got involved with Il Divo in 2003.
About Il Divo
Il Divo has conquered the world. In just two years since their debut album, the dramatic rise of the international operatic supergroup has been breathtaking in its speed and unparalleled in its success.
The fusion of four exceptional voices, bringing the passion and virtuosity of their classical training to the interpretation of romantic and popular songs, has brought a sense of opera into the mainstream and thrilled the world in the process.
They have achieved 26 #1 chart positions internationally, sold over 13 million albums, and achieved some 104 gold and platinum awards around the world. Il Divo was also named the Most Multinational UK No.1 Album Group in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
With Il Divo, their first album, which was released in October 2004, they smashed Led Zeppelin's 25-year record of being the only band to achieve a number 1 album without a commercial single release. It was even the highest charting debut album for a UK signed act ever in America.
Their second album, Ancora, went straight in at number 1 in the USA, sold a phenomenal 150,000 copies there in just one week, and confirmed them as one of the biggest acts in the world. In the UK, Ancora also went straight to number 1 and they finished the year on a high performing for Her Majesty the Queen at The Royal Variety Show.
In 2006 their sell-out 86-date world tour where they played to over 500,000 fans, took in 69 cities across the UK, USA, Europe and Australia, and was followed by an invitation from the legendary Barbra Streisand to join her on her 20-date US tour throughout October and November. "Streisand: The Tour" with Il Divo was ranked second for all tours for 2006, generating $92.5 million in gross sales.
They recorded the official anthem for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, performing in front of an International audience of 1 billion people at the opening ceremony and the Final of the World Cup. Their newest album, Siempre has helped Il Divo solidify their reputation as a musical phenomenon, selling more than 15.5 million albums and 1 million DVDs across the planet.
After promoting the release of their album Siempre and a couple of days to rest, Il Divo have now begun their 2007 World Tour tour that started in Asia, followed by Australia, South Africa, Canada, UK, Europe, Mexico, South America and North America.
Il Divo quite simply... extraordinary