1. Vasil Garvanliev, known professionally as Vasil, is a Macedonian singer.
26 Facts About Vasil Garvanliev
1. 2.
Vasil Garvanliev was due to represent North Macedonia with the song "You" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam before the event was cancelled.
3.
Vasil Garvanliev was discovered by a Macedonian composer who was passing by when he heard Vasil singing in the street.
4.
Vasil Garvanliev became a member of the Chicago Children's Choir from 1999 to 2003.
5.
Vasil Garvanliev became a main soloist for the choir, had a debut at Carnegie Hall with Chichester Psalms and was a guest artist performing with Yo-Yo Ma and members of Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
6.
Vasil Garvanliev applied for a pan-American contest for a presidential music art scholarship.
7.
Vasil Garvanliev moved to Milan and London with musical prospects and eventually to Toronto, Canada in 2004 on a scholarship.
8.
Vasil Garvanliev instead found an opportunity in Canada at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto in 2004.
9.
Vasil Garvanliev got a full music scholarship in Toronto at The Glenn Gould School.
10.
Vasil Garvanliev went on to perform as a baritone in Canada.
11.
Vasil Garvanliev attended The Glenn Gould School from 2004 to 2008, earning a performance diploma in Voice.
12.
Vasil Garvanliev was a guest artist in Opera Atelier for nine years.
13.
Vasil Garvanliev took part in Highlands Opera Studio in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada and spent more than four years in the Young Artist Program as a guest soloist at the Calgary Opera in Alberta, Canada.
14.
Vasil Garvanliev lived in Canada for 10 years before returning to Europe and settling for a year in London in 2017 for additional training and in 2018 settled back in Macedonia.
15.
Vasil Garvanliev represented North Macedonia in a number of classical music events.
16.
Vasil Garvanliev was placed 13th in the competition and failed to represent Macedonia in Eurovision.
17.
Vasil Garvanliev recorded an album in the UK in 2020 but put the album project on hold when it was announced in January 2020 that he was going to represent North Macedonia in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest.
18.
Vasil Garvanliev was a backing vocalist for the Macedonian entry "Proud", performed by Tamara Todevska, at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
19.
Vasil Garvanliev was scheduled to perform the song "You", composed and produced by Nevena Neskoska with words by Alice Schroeder, Kalina Neskoska and Nevena Neskoska.
20.
On 16 February 2021, it was announced that Vasil Garvanliev would perform the song "Here I Stand", written and composed by Borce Kuzmanovski, Davor Jordanovski and Vasil Garvanliev himself.
21.
An interview where Vasil Garvanliev highlighted his Bulgarian citizenship caused controversy.
22.
Vasil Garvanliev sought refuge at the age of ten in the United States after difficult conditions during the Kosovo War.
23.
Vasil Garvanliev had a difficult life as his father, mother and brother were deported from the United States and had to return to Macedonia.
24.
Vasil Garvanliev's father arranged to work in Italy as a day worker picking vegetables and died there in 2005.
25.
Vasil Garvanliev later lived in Europe for music study mainly in Italy and the United Kingdom.
26.
Vasil Garvanliev eventually settled for more than 10 years in Canada continuing classical music study and a career there.