Adam Lopez

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Adam Lopez Costa (born August 26, 1972 in Brisbane , Australia ) is an Australian pop musician , singer and singing teacher. It is famous for its ability to produce extremely high notes using the whistle register . He is also known for his large vocal range. He held the world record for the highest sound produced by a man until the end of 2017.

biography

Lopez is the second of three sons of Spanish immigrants Manuel Jesus Lopez Perez and Maria Del Rosario Costa Velasco. Both parents were musicians . After starting singing at age three, Lopez was a soprano at age ten . After graduating from high school , Lopez studied singing at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music at Griffith University in Australia. He studied opera singing there for five years and invested a total of ten years in developing his vocal skills.

On the side, Lopez has worked as a background singer for Mariah Carey , Debelah Morgan , Keith Urban , Vanessa Amorosi and other Australian artists. He has also worked for film and radio .

Lopez currently teaches singing at Sheldon College in Redlands, Queensland, Australia.

Discography

  • 2006: The Popera EP
  • 2006: Showstopper
  • 2008: Till The End Of Time
  • 2014: When All Is Said And Done (single)
  • 2014: Paper Boat (Single)
  • 2014: Kaleidoscope
  • 2015: You / Holiday (Double Single)

World record

For the Guinness Book of Records on October 27, 2008, Lopez held one of the highest notes ever produced by a man. This tone is a five-stroke C sharp. The tone is a semitone above the highest note of a piano and has a frequency of 4435 Hz. On October 27, 2017, Wang Xiaolong surpassed this record with a five-stroke e (5342 Hz).

The tessitura of Lopez is in the tenor range .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sheldon College: Meet the Teachers . ( sheldoncollege.com [accessed January 4, 2019]).
  2. ^ Adam Lopez: Adam Lopez - Highest Vocal Note - Guinness World Record. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Guiness World Records: Highest vocal note by a male. Retrieved January 4, 2019 (UK English).
personal data
SURNAME Lopez, Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lopez Costa, Adam (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian pop musician, singer and singing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane , Australia