Vlad Sokolovsky (real name- Vsevolod Andreyevich Sokolovsky, born 24 September 1991, Moscow) is a Russian singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and TV host. In the past, he performed as a dancer in Todes ballet and as a singer in the duo BiS. He is currently a solo singer working in R&B/euro-pop eclectic style.

Biography

Sokolovsky was born on 24 September 1991 into an artistic family. His father, Andrey Aleksandrovich Sokolovski, was a choreographer, founder, and soloist of the vocal-and-dance group "X-Mission". His mother, Irina Vsevolodovna (née) Serbina-Herz, was a circus performer who did tightrope dancing and stage director. He has a sister, Daria Serbina. In June 2015 Vlad married Margarita Gerasimovich, performing under the stage name Rita Dakota. In October 2017 their daughter Mia was born. They divorced in August 2018. He appeared in the seventh season of ice show contest ''

Ice Age An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages, and g ...

''.

Early music career

He started performing at the age of 3 in a video clip with Filip Kirkorov "Zayka moya" (My Bunny). In 1996 he started studying dance at the Art School and continued at studio Todes. In 2001 he recorded his first big hit "Red-haired Up". In 2002 and 2004 he performed in the music and circus show Peter Pan based on the

J. M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (; 9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several succe ...

story. In 2004 he plays in the musical "Holiday of Disobedience" based on S. Mikhalkov's story. During this whole time he also occasionally performed with a band X-Mission as a singer. In 2006, after the departure of a singer, Vlad joined X-Mission as a full-time singer. Sokolovskiy and fellow BiS singer Dmitriy Bikbaev participated in the seventh season of ''

Fabrika Zvyozd ''Fabrika Zvyozd'' (, literally "Factory of stars"), sometimes known internationally as ''Star Factory'', is a popular Russian television talent show that aired on Channel One Russia, Channel One from 2002 until 2007. It was the Russian version ...

'' and came in third place.

Personal life

Between 2008 and 2011 Vlad was dating Daria Garnizova (a daughter of the composer

Alexey Garnizov Alexey ( ; ), is a Russian and Bulgarian male given name derived from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius. Similar Ukrainian and Belarusian names are romanized as Oleksii (Олек� ...

), who was a member of "Todes" ballet at that time. Between June, 2015 and September, 2018, Vlad was married to Margarita Gerasimovich (a.k.a. Rita Dakota). The two met at the "

Star Factory Star Factory may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Fabrika Zvyozd ("Star Factory"; ), Russian television talent show * Fabryka Zirok ("Star Factory"; ), Ukrainian televised talent show * ''Starfactory'' (stageplay), a play by Hungarian rock band ...

-7" TV show. They have a daughter, Miya, who was born on October 23, 2017. On October 25, 2021 Vlad reported in his

Instagram Instagram is an American photo sharing, photo and Short-form content, short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with Social media camera filter, filters, be ...

page, that he and

Angelina Surkova Angelina may refer to: People Given name *Angelina (given name), a feminine given name, including a list of people with this name Surname * Angelina (surname), includes a list of people with this surname Mononym * Angelina (American singer) (bo ...

are expecting a baby. In February 2022 the artist reported, that his son named David was born. The parents got married on March 3, 2022.

References

* http://x-mission2005.narod.ru/sokol.html *http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/w/ros/6849/bio/ * Влад Соколовский: После свадьбы девули подписались на меня!. НСН (24 сентября 2016). * https://www.beatport.com/artist/vlad-sokolovskiy/689106 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sokolovsky, Vlad 1991 births Living people Russian pop singers Russian male dancers Singers from Moscow Fabrika Zvyozd 21st-century Russian male singers