The personality of Dominic Joker has long needed no introduction. Every line in his tracks is a story in which the whole gamut of human feelings sounds. Each of his songs is a hit, topping dozens of charts and federal radio stations in the country.
Today Dominic Joker is a successful musician, singer, producer, who has managed to go far beyond the Russian stage over the past few years.
“If you are with me”, “Farewell”, “I breathe you” - these are only a small part of the artist’s popular compositions, included in the playlist of fashion clubs and karaoke bars, and the country’s prestigious awards and music awards (“Golden Gramophone”, “Song of the Year” ", "Red Star" of Channel One) only strengthen Dominic Joker's leadership position in the Russian music market and confirm his significant contribution to the development of the music industry.
Dominic Joker (Alexander Breslavsky) was born on July 19, 1980 in Odessa. He graduated from school there and entered the local conservatory, from which he was expelled for completely ignoring the formalities of the educational process. There were no questions about talent and hearing.
The mass public first learned about Dominic Joker as a member of the boy band “2+2,” which was quite popular in the mid-90s. Then Dominic for the first time declared himself not only as a performer, but also as a successful composer. It was he who wrote the vast majority of the group's musical material.
Alas, like many production teams, the group “2+2” never became a “long-term project” and, having survived the crisis of 1998, happily broke up, releasing another album. But without Dominic Joker, who preferred to choose solo creativity and work with his colleagues as a composer.
The second round of popularity of Dominic Joker was provoked by the television project “Star Factory 4” (2004), which, according to all television analysts, became the most rated season of all the shows filmed under this brand. As part of the project, Dominic, together with Timati, Ratmir Shishkov and Nastya Kochetkova, created the group “Banda” - at that time one of the most popular groups in the country.
The hit “Heaven is Crying,” written by Joker and filmed by Mikhail Khleborodov, turns into one of the main songs of 2005 and becomes one of the most rotated singles on domestic radio and TV. Before this, Timati and Alexa’s joint track “When You’re Near” by Dominic Joker “shoots out” just as powerfully. The debut album of "Banda", the music for which was also entirely written by Dominic, is breaking sales records.
Unfortunately, tragedy intervened in the successful fate of the team: one of the members of the “Gang,” Ratmir Shishkov, died in a car accident. His death shocked everyone so much that it was decided to put an end to the history of the Banda group: without Ratmir it would not have been the same group. The musicians took up solo careers.
After the collapse of the “Gang”, the real “finest hour” of composer Dominic Joker came. He collaborated with almost all Russian artists of the first echelon. “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” performed his hit “It’s Summer,” the sophisticated VIA “Cream” sang “Above the Clouds,” Vlad Topalov told the whole country that he would do “For Love.” In addition to the fact that these songs, so different in style and manner of artists, invariably ended up in the charts and audience choice charts, they were united by one more thing: the author of all the music for them was Dominic Joker.
As a producer, he even worked with People's Artist of Russia Oleg Gazmanov, which once again demonstrated the breadth of Dominic's musical capabilities and talent. For four years in a row - from 2004 to 2007 - he was recognized as one of the laureates of the Song of the Year television festival.
In 2008, Dominic Joker implements another big project: throughout the television season he works on the show “You are a Superstar,” one of the most popular projects of the NTV channel. In the same year, he formally announced himself as a solo artist. His first video, “Abandoned by God,” appears on music channels.
And in 2009, Dominic released his debut solo album “Real People”, which included 20 compositions (“Abandoned by God”, “Club Zone”, “If this is love” and others). Moreover, as the artist himself admits, the track list of a record or double album could have been much more voluminous: the most difficult task for him was the choice of compositions, of which a huge number had accumulated over almost ten years of work in the domestic show business.
But 2012 becomes a real turning point for him. The sincere and heartfelt soul ballad “If you are with me” literally explodes on radio and television, it is ordered at “order tables” and live broadcasts, voted for on the Internet and via SMS, and discussed on forums and social networks. From the first days of the opening of iTunes - the official Apple music store - in Russia, “If You Are With Me” was in the top 20 bestsellers. Experts and viewers of the “Red Star” hit parade (Channel One) included Dominic Joker’s hit among the 20 best songs of 2012, and Russian Radio awarded his composition the “Golden Gramophone” - one of the most prestigious music awards in Russia.
At the beginning of 2013, Dominic presents his fans with another surprise: the touching composition “Farewell,” written to the poems of the classic of Russian and Soviet literature, Maxim Gorky. And one of the most famous directors and video makers in the country, Irina Mironova, turns “Farewell” into a pirate story, a romantic mini-film about love, friendship, passion, betrayal and betrayal, for just over three minutes, making Dominic Joker a real dramatic artist.
Inspired by the success of the song “If you are with me,” in the fall of 2013, Dominic Joker released the lyrical composition “I Breathe You,” which becomes a continuation of the love story of the folk hit. However, in the new song, Dominic Joker takes on exclusively the role of “storyteller” of an incredibly touching, and most importantly, a real love story that breaks out between young people here and now.
In September 2013, Dominic Joker was invited to take part in the major all-Russian project of the Russia-1 channel “Battle of the Choirs” as a mentor of the choir of the Altai Territory and Siberia. Over the course of three months of daily grueling training, choreography and vocal classes, members of the Dominic Joker choir reach the finals and take third place.
The non-standard approach to the selection of musical and stage material for each competition number is noted not only by television viewers, who award the choir of the Altai Territory and Siberia the title of “The Most Dancing and Singing Choir,” but also by the organizers of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.
Having recorded the Olympic theme song “Climb Olympus” at the request of the organizing committee, Dominic Joker, together with his charges “Angels of Siberia”, goes to Sochi to meet delegations of athletes from the countries participating in the 2014 Games. The result of the trip to Sochi is a video filmed by Dominic and the choir during breaks between performances and meetings of delegations. The video, which tells about the life of participants in the Winter Games, also uses footage of famous athletes and top government officials.
Returning from Sochi, Dominic shoots a new video for the song “I Breathe You” and presents the video on February 14, as a gift to fans for Valentine’s Day. The long-awaited novelty of the music industry is the result of a creative symbiosis between director Alexei Golubev and Dominic Joker.
In the video, everything is built on details, both in the images of the characters and in the camerawork itself. In the role of lovers are one of the most beautiful and youngest couples of Russian show business: the star of the “Holidays in Mexico” project Olga Savchenko (known under the pseudonym “Nezlaya”) and LIL’ARCHI, the official Back MC of Dominic Joker and the artist’s nephew.
Dominic Joker is known not only as a performer of his tracks, which have become hits in a short time, he is also a successful composer, poet and producer. But the artist does not stop there and is constantly improving, implementing new projects and plans. He recently opened a music studio where professional teachers teach acting, vocals and choreography to beginners. However, not only his creative career has been successful: the singer’s personal life also has everything to be happy: his beloved girlfriend, two children, as well as warm friendly relations with his ex-wife.
Dominic (Alexander Breslavsky) was born in 1980 in Odessa. His father is a Polish Jew, and his mother is Basconian, so for a long time his parents could not decide in what faith to baptize him. Nevertheless, they agreed, choosing several names of saints for the baby: Alex, Dominic and Alexander. Soon the father left the family, and the boy was raised by his mother and stepfather. Even in early childhood, he became interested in music and wrote his first poem. As he grew older, the boy learned to play various instruments and studied music, but he was not at all interested in studying at school.
After graduating from school, the young man applied to become a sailor, while simultaneously studying at a music school. In the mid-90s, taking the creative pseudonym Joker, he became a member of the boy band “2+2”, where he showed his talent as a composer, and already in 2004 he got into the project “Star Factory 4”. As part of this show, Dominic, together with other participants, created the group “Banda”, whose songs quickly gained popularity. After the collapse of the group, the artist began writing songs for Russian artists, and in 2008 he announced himself as a solo artist.
For a long time, the Joker hid his personal life, however, it was known that in 2006 he had his first family. His wife Albina gave birth to two sons to the artist: Martin and Makrus. However, already in 2013 the couple divorced. According to the singer himself, they broke up not because of betrayal, but because the relationship between them ended. The ex-wife remarried, but they continue to participate together in raising their common children.
In the photo Dominic Joker with his family: ex-wife Albina and sons
While working on the “Battle of the Choirs” project, Dominic met young participant Ekaterina Kokorina. The girl immediately liked the artist, who was one of the mentors. When the musician and the finalists of the project were in Sochi, where they performed for the athletes of the Winter Olympic Games, he confessed his love to Katya. And after a while she came to the Joker in Moscow, and for some time now the lovers have not parted.
The artist’s children, who live in two houses, quickly became friends with their dad’s new lover. The eldest son is engaged in figure skating, where he is already making great progress. The boy spends a lot of time training, and many coaches noticed him.
The famous musician Dominic Joker, whose real name is Alexander Breslavsky, was born in July 1980 in Odessa. Life in such a colorful and controversial city left its mark on the character of Alexander, whose ancestry was fully consistent with the general atmosphere of the seaside city: the young man had Spanish, Polish and Jewish blood.
The first time Sasha appeared on stage was completely by accident, when he was barely seven years old. It was a school production of KVN, and the boy was brought on stage to distract the audience during the forced hitch. Already during his school years, Alexander became addicted to music, and, teaming up with fellow musicians, performed on stage.
His first serious project was a group called “2+2”, in which he acted not only as a performer, but also as the author of most of the compositions. However, the 1998 crisis put an end to the Joker project, and since then he decided to work exclusively alone.
The general public first learned about Dominic Joker in 2004, when the project “Star Factory-4” was aired. The young artist stood out from the rest of the performers because he had neither a beautiful figure nor a pretty appearance. However, incredible perseverance and excellent musical abilities allowed Dominic to announce himself throughout the country and make his way onto the big stage.
Having teamed up with Ratmir Shishkov, Timati and Nastya Kochetkova, Dominic began performing as part of the band “Banda”. In a short time the group became very popular and quickly gained more and more fans until in 2007, a tragic incident did not cause the closure of the project - Ratmir Shishkov died.
Dominic, who earned himself a reputation as a responsible and hardworking musician, did not remain out of work. He took up his solo career in earnest, and for several years was nominated for the Song of the Year award.
In 2008, Joker acted as a sound producer in the popular musical project “You are a Superstar,” which featured forgotten stars of the 80s and 90s. A year later, the musician released his debut album, “Real People,” which included the best material from Dominic’s ten years of creative work.
2012 was marked by the release of the single “If you are with me,” which in a matter of days captivated an audience of millions.
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A year later, Dominic incredibly surprised his fans by becoming a choir mentor in the television project “Battle of the Choirs.” His players took an honorable third place and attracted the attention of the organizers of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, thanks to which they took part in the games.
In 2015, Dominic presented his next album “Deja Vu”, and a year later he gave his first solo concert, the main theme of which was love. The successful musician does not stop there and continues to delight his fans with new songs and interesting projects.
For a long time, Dominic had the reputation of a caring husband and an exemplary family man. His chosen one was a girl named Albina, who gave her husband two sons - Martin and Marcus.
However, the family idyll collapsed in 2014, when on the “Battle of the Choirs” project, Dominic met the young singer Ekaterina Kokorina and fell passionately in love with her.
His departure from the family had a particularly strong impact on the boys, with whom he practically stopped seeing, citing heavy workload at work. He often appears with Ekaterina at public events, and also posts joint photos and videos on social networks. The couple seems happy and plans to become a family.
Dominic Joker is a versatile, talented musician, singer and producer, known far beyond the CIS. Participant of the rating project “Star Factory”, organizer and participant of the Russian popular groups “2+2” and “Banda”, laureate of the television award “Song of the Year”.
An ordinary childhood of an Odessa guy
Alexander Breslavsky is the real name of the future artist, who was born in the early 70s on the Black Sea coast in the city of Odessa. The boy’s parents are native Odessa residents, but his mother is Polish by nationality, and his father is Spanish with Jewish roots.
Dominic Joker in his youth
At school, Dominic did fairly well, but his behavior in class was not always good. An active and relaxed teenager, he took part in many events and was a member of the school team of the Cheerful and Resourceful Club. Alexander believed that teachers were more loyal to talented students.
After receiving his matriculation certificate, the guy entered the Odessa Naval School. After studying there, he realized that it was a wrong choice and entered the conservatory. Alexander was unable to finish it due to numerous absenteeisms.
A quick start to your musical and singing career
The next step in Joker’s creative career was participation in the popular project “Star Factory” on Channel One. Dominic's unusual appearance and sparkling humor added poignancy to the show. Meeting the project participants: Timati, Nastya Kochetkova and Ratmir Shishkov in the future led to the creation of the R-n-B group “Banda”.
Dominic Joker was popular even before participating in “Star Factory”
After the end of the musical project, the group began active creative activity. The guys released their first album, “New People,” in which Joker became the author of several songs. Videos were shot for 2 tracks from this record.
Dominic Joker and other members of the band "Banda"
The tragic death of Ratmir Shishkov put an end to the development of the group. Dominic, like other members of the team, was very worried about what happened, and did not see the point in the further existence of the team. The Joker was helped to cope with grief by participating in the TV show “You are a super star,” in which forgotten artists of the 80s and 90s competed. The musician took the place of sound producer.
Dominic Joker on stage
Then the young singer released his first soul album, Real People. The tracks included in the record became hits, the most famous “If you are with me.” For this work, Joker was awarded the Golden Gramophone and Radio Takeoff 2012 awards.
Dominic Joker in the video "Goodbye"
The singer surprised and pleased his fans with the single “Farewell.” The text of the song is a verse by M. Gorky, and the music is by the talented Dominic. The clip received more than 1 million views in the first days after the premiere. In 2013, Joker accepted the offer of the Rossiya-1 channel and became a member of the jury of the music show Battle of the Choirs. The singer's team took third place. On the eve of Valentine's Day, the artist presented a new video “I Breathe You.”
Dominic Joker starred in the film
“So One” is Dominic’s new video from the album “Deja Vu”. The singer’s musical repertoire includes duet works: “Where have you been” with Lyubov Uspenskaya and “You Know” with Katya Kokorina.
In the television project “Battle of the Choirs,” the Joker began an affair with his ward Ekaterina Kokorina. For this reason, Albina filed for divorce in 2014. The couple separated quietly, without throwing mud and complaints.
They don't talk much about the talented musician. It’s much easier, and even more accurate, to listen to his music and draw your own conclusions about what kind of person he is... So, Dominic Joker (Alexander Breslavsky) - Russian singer, composer, poet and producer - was born on July 19, 1980...
Dominic was born in Odessa, considers it his homeland and talks about it very warmly: “Odessa is warm, affectionate, Jewish and kindly annoying. There, if you are in a hurry, you should not ask the locals for directions anywhere. They’ll talk to you, give you a lot of advice, tell you a lot of stories, so it won’t be long before you find yourself where you are.” His metric contains the name Alex and the date of birth is mixed up. His parents argued for a long time about what his name was: Alexey or Alexander. The choice of surname was even wider: take his mother’s, his own father or stepfather, who raised him.
His father is a Polish Jew, his mother is half Spanish. There is still uncertainty with citizenship, there are many options... Dominic Joker is a former soloist and composer of the popular in the 90s. group “2x2”, participant in the TV project “Star Factory-4”, soloist and songwriter of the group “Banda” created on the TV project. By the way, participation in the “Factory...” is one of the brightest and most special events in Dominic’s life and creative path. At the same time, he began to collaborate with such popular performers and groups as “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, VIA Slivki, singer Sasha, Nikita Malinin, Vlad Topalov and others.
After the collapse of the Banda group, Dominic Joker spent some time producing various musical projects and became the sound producer of the highly rated television show You Are a Superstar on the NTV channel. Dominic's favorite singer is Stevie Wonder. The Joker calls this man a guru, without whom Dominic’s fate could have turned out completely differently.
At the beginning of 2008, the shooting of Dominic Joker's debut video for his track “Abandoned by God” took place, which served as the beginning of his solo career. “After working hard on my last project, the TV show You're a Superstar,” says Joker, “I'm happy that I finally have time for myself. “Abandoned by God” is the track with which I begin my solo story and I really want it to leave a good mark in the hearts of listeners and fans.”
Dominic is a bright and charismatic personality; his works always contain a deep meaning, in this way he expresses his attitude to life and what surrounds him. He doesn't like to talk about himself. Every time someone from the audience asked a question concerning him personally or his work, Dominic talked about his friends, regaled the audience with funny stories that happened during the tour, but... just not about himself. When asked what needs to be done to become a star, Joker replies: “We need to release a product. This is the most important thing for moving forward.” What Dominic values most in people is loyalty to love, ideals, and principles. He says that he is ready to have an enemy with ideals, but not ready to have a friend without them.
Dominic's musical preferences are hip-hop and rhythm and blues. It is in these two genres that he works, writes songs and arrangements. In addition, Joker works with many beginning teams in Russia and the world, helping them get on their feet. By the way, Dominic recently founded his own record company called J.O.B. Recording". The musician will take the post of general producer. Joker's label partners are influential people and structures of Russian show business, whose names have not been disclosed to date.
Some Russian and foreign performers are already ready to work with the new company: Vlad Topalov, Aziza, Teona Dolnikova, Anton Zatsepin, Khatuna, gr. “London Beat”, etc. “We are delighted with the talented guys we work with, and we look forward to the moment when we can present their work to listeners both in Russia and abroad,” said Dominic Joker. About the appearance of “J.O.B. Recording" will be officially announced in the next few weeks. Currently, the musician is busy preparing and recording material for his debut album, which will include the track “Abandoned by God.”
