Many fans of romances know who Irina Krutova is. She is very popular among lovers of this music for the soft timbre of her voice and for choosing a concert program. For a long time, the woman went to her success: she started from the bottom of her career, received a vocational education and participated in various competitions. She did not look for easy ways. And today, due to his determination, she performs on the main stages of the country.
Childhood
The future singer was born in the small southern town of Volgodonsk. In her youth, she absorbed the color of her small homeland. And he influenced her work. From early childhood, Irina Krutova knew that her life’s business was singing. She graduated from music school and the Novorossiysk choir college. From the earliest years, the girl participated in various contests and festivals. Parents in every possible way contributed to the creative growth of their daughter. Nowadays, it is rarely possible to meet cultural figures who would live only by their art. One of them is Irina Krutova, a biography whose personal life is kept in the strictest confidence. She loves to talk about her becoming as a singer, but is silent about the personal.
Festivals and competitions
The first festivals and competitions were regional. Some of them took place under the auspices of the Kuban State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company and the regional administration. Already at these competitions, Irina Krutova became popular. Her voice fascinated the audience and the jury. In 1999, she was able to declare herself at the International Delphic Games, where she became a gold medalist. After which she often participated in international competitions as part of the choir or as a soloist. From almost all appearances, she returned the winner.
Along with the performances, Irina Krutova successfully studied at the Rostov Conservatory. And later she entered the Moscow Music and Pedagogical Institute, where the national artist of Kazakhstan, E. Iskhakov, took up her training. He was able to prepare her for the most important competition in life - for the "Romansiada 2002". She received the first prize at the regional level and won second place at the international stage.
An evening of old romance
Krutova Irina - the singer is very ambiguous. She does not seek to perform popular music. She has enough fame in narrow circles of connoisseurs. At the Romance Games, Irina met Galina Preobrazhenskaya, who became her mentor and creator of the solo program. The first evening of the old romance “Remember Me” took place in 2005 on the main academic stage of the country - in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. She was accompanied by one of the most outstanding pianists of our time - Friedman and Aptekman, who came from Venice. In the second section, Irina's wonderful voice sounded surrounded by an ensemble of folk instruments. The performance of the singer at this evening can be called triumphant.
Performance activities
This program was compiled so successfully that Irina Krutova, whose photo is presented in the article, repeated her performances more than once. She conquered all the main venues of the capital and went on a tour of the country. Once she was invited to even speak to the President of Kazakhstan, who was subdued by Irina's wonderful voice.
One of the most unusual venues on which the singer performed was a submarine in Severomorsk. Also during the tour, Irina visited the military camps of the missile forces near Nizhny Tagil. The most inexperienced in matters of music, the public did not remain indifferent to the talent of the singer. Everywhere she was met with stormy applause. Meanwhile, at one of the Moscow concerts, Irina Krutova, whose biography is a long years of self-improvement, showed that, if desired, she is able to sing opera parts. The room with great enthusiasm met her aria of the Mona Lisa, written by Ponquelli.
Collaboration with Friedman
Another success for Irina was a creative union with Victor Friedman. For her, he wrote several romances, which were especially warmly received by the Moscow public. Before Irina, he worked with Alla Bayanova, who is already considered a legendary singer. At the time of cooperation with Victor, Irina Krutova feels a creative upsurge. She releases a CD with her romances, participates in a number of major competitions and receives praise from respected artists in the country. For example, Aristarchus Livanov was so struck by the voice of Irina that he called her the property of Russia. In the same period, the girl began to try herself as a director. She prepared the program “War through the eyes of a woman”, which received a wide response from the audience.
Theme nights of romance
In 2007, Irina again began to collaborate with Galina Preobrazhenskaya and began to give thematic concerts in the House of Romance. They were an anthology of this art form. These evenings are very fond of fans. They still enjoy attending concerts dedicated to a particular era of Russian romance. Irina also annually gives several concerts devoted to retro-style melodies and old pop songs.
Today, Irina Krutova does not get tired of hitting the audience with her unusual programs. For example, she is engaged in the reconstruction of a retrospective of the Soviet romance. For this concert, research is being conducted in the field of music history and not the most famous, but melodic compositions are selected. In the creative plans of Irina there is a place for the continuation of the concert dedicated to the war. In this cycle, another presentation is being prepared - "The day of a happy meeting will come." In the immediate plans of the singer is a tour with wartime romances and songs from the movies.