Is This The Greatest Voice Of Today?

[PeterRS]

I am sure like many, I flip through youtube videos quite frequently. Usually I am looking for specific videos or specific content. Occasionally I come across something so special it virtually takes my breath away. I am a particular fan of voices, loving opera, musicals as well as some pop. Rarely, however, do I come across any artist who has the technique to combine all three. Perhaps once every five years or more.

This week I have been literally blown away by a voice that is, to me, totally unique. Dimash is a young 31 year old singer from Kazakhstan, not a country particularly known worldwide for its vocal talents. This young man, though, is the exception, a totally extraordinary musician. He is first and foremost a singer with an incredible pure tone, but one with a range of nearly 6 octaves. For a male singer, a range of 2 to 2 1/2 octaves is about the average. Clearly he uses his head falsetto voice, but you cannot hear the break often noticed between the standard chest register and the falsetto register. He was trained in opera in Kazakhstan and has sung on stage with some of the classical greats including Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Andrea Bocelli. He is also a songwriter and likes to sing his own compositions. He speaks all of 12 languages. Internationally he became huge in Asia when he appeared in China on a Hunan television contest in 2018. He is now a superstar in many countries, especially China. He has many youtube videos with 2.85 million subscribers and "S.O.S" has 32 million views.

Rather than just play one of his songs on its own, I'll start with a vdo of a regular pop music commentator who knew nothing about Dimash and who is hearing his voice for the first time. This vdo covers two songs. The first is "S.O.S" a French song written for a musical in the 1970s. As the commentator says, the rendition of "S.O.S." is "insane" A second song "Ave Maria" (not the well known version by Gluck) is also included. Just so you can hear "S.O.S." without commentary, it is included as a second vdo below.

 

For anyone wanting to hear Dimash 'live', he is performing at Madison Square Garden in NYC on October 5.

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I've been a fan since seeing him on that Chinese show back in 2018.

His first version of S.O.S. was disastrous, as his french pronunciation was awful. He has now perfected his pronunciation.

When he first appeared he was incredibly cute. He then put on a bit of weight, especially around the face, and he became very unattractive. He's now back to being handsome.

He does a fantastic interpretation of 'ALL By Myself'.