Vadim Vladimirovich Dubovsky (born April 21, 1964 , Donetsk ) is a Ukrainian and American singer and actor. In 2014, he became famous as a “singing trucker ” - the author and performer of Ukrainian romances and his own satirical poems on the melody of Soviet songs. The soloist of the ensemble "Chicago Cossacks" [1] . Not being a professional actor, he stars in films by director Sergey Loznitsa [2] . The second film with his participation, Donbass , in 2018 received a prize at the Cannes Film Festival .
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| Birth name | Vadim Vladimirovich Dubovsky |
| Date of Birth | April 21, 1964 (55 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Donetsk , USSR , USSR |
| Citizenship |  the USSR  Ukraine  USA |
| Occupation | singer , actor |
| Father | Vladimir Alexandrovich Dubovsky |
| Mother | Olga Antonovna Dubovskaya |
| Spouse | Victoria Golub |
| Site | youtube.com/user/dvadym |
| miscellanea | "The Singing Trucker" |
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Biography
Born in Donetsk, where he lived until the age of 11. Then the family moved to the Millerovsky district of the Rostov region and a year and a half later - to Kiev .
He studied at the Kiev secondary specialized music boarding school named. N.V. Lysenko . In 1991 he graduated from the A.M. Gorky Kiev Pedagogical Institute , the Faculty of Music and Pedagogy (music teacher , conductor ).
While still a student, he became a professional artist. He began his creative career in the Academic Male Choir Chapel of Ukraine named after L. N. Revutsky , which has toured in Poland , Belgium and England .
In 1991, Vadim Dubovsky entered the Kiev Conservatory ( opera vocals , dramatic baritone ), which he graduated in 1996 [3] .
In 1993-2002 served in the National Honored Academic Chapel of Ukraine "Dumka" [4] . For nine years, as part of the chapel, Vadim Dubovsky has toured more than 40 times in France, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Poland, the Netherlands and Germany. He toured several times in the USA, where in 2002 he moved to a permanent place of residence.
From 2004 to 2007 he worked as a leading and sound engineer on the Ukrainian radio in Chicago .
In 2010, he received American citizenship [5] .
After the termination of funding, the radio station became the driver of the school bus , since 2011 - a heavy truck, " trucker " [5] .
He lives in Chicago with his wife and mother.
Creativity
In 2009, in the United States became a member of the vocal ensemble of the Cathedral of St. Vladimir and Olga in Chicago [6] .
In 2014, after the outbreak of events in the Crimea and the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, he became famous as a “singing trucker” - the author and performer of YouTube of Ukrainian folk songs [7] and protest songs , mostly satirical , including with profanity , on melodies of the Soviet anthem and songs. The subject of satire of many of his works is Vladimir Putin [8] . Vadim Dubovsky writes all his texts behind the wheel, records using a smartphone and publishes on the Internet .
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Notes
- ↑ Chicago Cossacks: Slavic Music & More Chicago Cossacks: Slavic Music & More . Chicago Cossacks. - “Vadim Dubovsky - vocals. Studied at Kiev Specialized Music school named after Lysenko. Holds BA in Music Teaching at Kiev Pedagogical Institute (musical-pedagogical faculty) and BA in Music at Kiev Conservatory (opera singing, dramatic baritone). Has performed at Revutsky Academic Male Capella. As a part of National Academic Choir of Ukraine "Dumka" has toured most of the European countries. Worked at Ukrainian radio in Chicago. ". Date of treatment October 7, 2015. Archived on October 7, 2015.
- ↑ Volchek, Dmitry . In the funny hell of New Russia (Inaccessible link) . Radio Liberty (May 9, 2018). - “... I really want him [Vadim Dubovsky] to become an actor, he is an amazing and charismatic actor. But this is not Zakharchenko - this is the guy who led another area. The whole story actually happened, I just changed something in the finale. " Date accessed May 19, 2018. Archived May 19, 2018.
- ↑ Kuzmenko, Eugene. The famous "singing trucker . " “And then I thought: why not ridicule this Russian movement with cancer?” . Censor.net (October 8, 2014) . Date of treatment October 10, 2014. Archived October 10, 2014.
- ↑ Panov, Roman. Singing trucker: I want to reconcile Ukraine with Russia . The Ukrainian trucker, who moved to the United States, remakes old Soviet songs on social topics and writes them to the phone . Arguments and Facts No. 33 (August 13, 2014) . Date of treatment October 10, 2014. Archived October 10, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Volchek, Dmitry. “I consider Putin a personal enemy” . Radio Liberty (August 13, 2014). Date of treatment October 10, 2014. Archived October 10, 2014.
- ↑ A. L. Vedel, “Repentance Open Doors,” Spanish. vocal ensemble of the Cathedral of St. Vladimir and Olga in Chicago, 10/03/2009
- ↑ Tumanova, Tonya. A trucker from the United States blew up the Internet with a Ukrainian song and a hit about V. Putin . UNN (June 23, 2014). Date of treatment October 10, 2014. Archived October 10, 2014.
- ↑ Yurchuk, Sasha. Trucker from Chicago Vadim Dubovsky sang a new song about Putin . VIDEO . Press of Ukraine (July 17, 2014) . Date of treatment October 10, 2014. Archived October 10, 2014.
Links
- Vadim Dubovsky video channel on YouTube
- The distant farmer Vadim Dubovskiy (Ukrainian) . Ukrainian Chicago Magazine (June 2015). Date of treatment October 24, 2015.
- “I am not Russophobe” . Radio Liberty (September 23, 2015). - Interview with Vadim Dubovsky. Date of treatment October 24, 2015.
- New hit of YouTube: song of a Ukrainian trucker about Russia . Nasha Niva (August 14, 2014). Date of treatment October 10, 2014. Archived October 10, 2014.
- Ukrainian Trucker Turns Soviet Songs Into Anti-Putin Anthems , The Moscow Times, September 12, 2014.