21 Facts About Ivan Dorn

Ivan Oleksandrovich Dorn, born Ivan Aleksandrovich Eryomin, is a Ukrainian singer and actor.

Ivan Dorn is active as a DJ, TV presenter and producer, and a former member of the band Para Normalnyh.

Ivan Dorn's music combines elements of house, disco, pop, jazz, funk, UK garage, hip-hop and soul.

Ivan Dorn was born 17 October 1988 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Ivan Dorn actively engaged in sport, winning several prizes in curling and lacrosse.

In 2008, on invitation by the TV producer Oleksandr Asaulyuk Ivan Dorn began his TV career as the host of the program Guten Morgen on M1 channel.

Ivan Dorn released his debut studio album "Co'N'Dorn" in 2012 which had made a huge impact on both Russian and Ukrainian scene and won many awards.

In 2014, Ivan Dorn was a judge on the fifth season of X Factor Ukraine.

In Ukraine Ivan Dorn was criticized for continuing to performing in Russia following the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine.

However, Ivan Dorn denied this in an April 2017 interview with Yury Dud.

In 2016, Ivan Dorn started Masterskaya, an independent music label focused on bringing the exciting sound of Ukrainian underground to the main stage.

In June 2016 Ivan Dorn, to appease activists in Lviv who threatened to cancel his concert there, put on his official Facebook page a map of Ukraine which included Crimea, a fragment of the Ukrainian anthem and the words "We will win".

In February 2017, Ivan Dorn released his first live album "Jazzy Funky Ivan Dorn" which reflects his passion to funk music.

Ivan Dorn was criticized for not being a patriot of Ukraine while seeking to please his Russian audience.

Later in 2017, Ivan Dorn began working on his first English-language album in Los Angeles.

In June 2017 Ivan Dorn cancelled a concert in Odesa after threats that it would be disrupted by Ukrainian nationalists who claimed Ivan Dorn "supported the war against Ukraine".

Ivan Dorn did not attend the ceremony, but showed in Instagram that he was happy for his victory.

In 2018 Ivan Dorn traveled to Uganda to film a music video Afrika with Masaka Kids Africana dance crew and a documentary about them.

Ivan Dorn starred in his first film, Petrov's Flu, which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in July 2021.

In February 2022, Ivan Dorn condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ivan Dorn was included in a list of artists who are banned from performing in Russia.