Ilya Safronov is a well-known Russian illusionist, TV presenter and stunt director, speaking together with his brothers Andrei and Sergey in the framework of the Safronov Brothers project.
Ilya Safronov: biography
Ilya Safronov was born in Moscow in a family of military engineers on April 12, 1977. Five years later, on September 30, 1982, twins Sergey and Andrey were born in the Safronov family.
Mother, paying particular attention to the creative upbringing and education of children, wanted her sons to be able to realize themselves in the acting field. From the age of 5, Ilya attended various clubs, classes and auditions, and in the fourth grade he got on television screens, participating in extras.
After leaving school, Ilya decided to connect his life with circus art and entered the circus school as a juggler. Having successfully completed it, he continued his studies at the Shchepkinsky Theater School, at the directing department.
Ilya Safronov: career
At the age of 22, after watching the show of the popular American illusionist and hypnotist David Coperfield, Ilya penetrates the world of magic and illusion. Having dealt with the technical components of tricks, he arranges the first concert for his family. After a brilliant performance and support from her parents, Ilya is finally determined with the choice of a profession. After some time, brothers Andrei and Sergey join him.
Debut work on television for Ilya and his brothers is participating in the program “What? Where? When?” In 2002. On the show, they demonstrate a complex and spectacular trick - "Burning Alive." In the same year, the brothers met Alexander Tsekalo and began to develop spectacular stunts and stunt performances for his new musical “12 Chairs”.
World fame comes to Ilya Safronov and his brothers after the demonstration of the unique trick "Teleportation of Man" for Swiss television. The complexity of performance and the entertainment of focus is widely discussed in the Western media, and brings brothers the recognition of not only the audience, but also the famous illusionists of the world.
In 2007, on the TNT channel, the show “The Battle of Psychics” was released, where the Safronov brothers were invited as co-hosts of Mikhail Porechenkov. The main purpose of their participation in the show is to expose charlatans and identify people who actually have extrasensory abilities.
After successfully participating for several seasons in the show “The Battle of Psychics”, Ilya, together with his brothers, begins to actively engage in staging stunts for Russian pop stars. In September 2015, he presents the main magic television show of the year, “Empire of Illusions”, launched on the STS television channel. The program demonstrates both old and completely new tricks and tricks, illusionists.
In 2018, the brothers organize their own performance, “The Wizard is Investigating, ” which becomes one of the most visited shows of 2018. More than 60 thousand spectators could touch the creativity of the Safronov brothers and see their illusion tale.
