Cool Igor, whose biography will be covered in this article, is known not only in our country, but also abroad. This is a talented composer, singer, producer. His merits are confirmed by the titles of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, People’s Artist of Russia, People’s Artist of Ukraine. Now Igor Krutoy owns the producer company “ARS”, Independent Copyright Agency, radio stations “Radio Dacha”, “Love-radio”, “Taxi-FM”, the TV channel “Muz-TV” (25%). How did he manage to reach such heights and what was his path to success? Learn about this will help the biography of Igor Krutoy.
Childhood
The future composer was born in 1954, on July 29, in Ukraine, in the city of Gayvoron - the regional center of the Kirovograd region. His mother, Svetlana Semenovna, worked as a laboratory assistant in the sanitary and epidemiological station, and his father, Yakov Aleksandrovich, worked as a freight forwarder at the Radiodetal plant (the composer's father died when he was 53 years old). Igor's parents met at a dance, and on the same day, after spending Svetlana home, Jacob proposed to her. Five years after the birth of a son, the couple also had a daughter, Alla (now Krutoy’s sister lives in the United States, works as a TV presenter, is married, has a daughter Natalya and a grandson Jacob).
Igor fell in love with music from early childhood, although he dreamed of becoming a driver first. His father was the first to notice his musical abilities; he bought him a button accordion. Already at the age of 5-6, little Krutoy played the instrument, then they began to invite him to accompany the school choir. In the 5th grade, Igor and the guys organized an ensemble, in which he played the role of an accordionist. And then at the House of Culture for the first time sat down at the piano. After graduating from the 7th grade, my mother took her son to the regional music school. The teachers noted the boy’s absolute pitch and promised to take him to the theoretical department if he learns to play the piano in a year. Young talent coped with the task. From this moment, the biography of Igor Krutoy began a new round.
Education
After graduating with honors from the Kirovograd School in 1974, Igor tried to enter the Kiev Conservatory. However, he did not succeed. During the year, the young man taught music in a rural school, and then was able to successfully pass exams and become a student at the Nikolaev Pedagogical Institute (music and pedagogical faculty, conductor and choral department). Along with training, Igor began to look for jobs with his friend in a restaurant. This friend was then still unknown to anyone , and now, beloved by millions of singer Alexander Serov. Cool played, Serov sang. After graduation, in 1979, the aspiring composer decided to move to Moscow. In 1981, he entered the Saratov Conservatory, because he believed that it was impossible to fully realize his talent without a specialized musical education.
Career development
The biography of Igor Krutoy makes it clear how difficult the path to recognition is. At first, in the capital, it was hard for him. The composer could not find a job for a long time, until one day he was lucky. Igor got a call from Lenkom and was offered to join the touring group of actor Evgeny Leonov. Krutoy later called Alexander Serov to the team. Together with Leonov, they traveled around the country, eager to become famous. However, the first significant success came only in 1987, when Igor wrote the song "Madonna", and, of course, performed it, none other than his friend Alexander Serov. Madonna became the laureate of Song of the Year. In the wake of success, Krutoy wrote several more songs for Serov, among them: “What to do,” “Wedding music,” “You love me.” With them, Alexander won the contests "Inspiration" and "Fate of Spite."
Creative take-off
From this moment, the biography of Igor Krutoy was full of bright events. In 1989, he was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize for his services in the field of music. In the same period, he also began to engage in production activities. He became the art director, and later (in 1998) the president of the concert-production company "ARS". Under Igor’s leadership, the organization has become one of the largest in the country in its field. Since 1994, Krutoy, together with the ARS company, has been organizing its creative evenings, at which many representatives of the Russian stage come together.
On top of success
The composer wrote songs, perhaps for all the best artists, all of his hits are even difficult to list. Igor’s creative evenings were held not only in our country, but also abroad - in Israel, Germany, and the USA. Every year, pop artists delight the audience with new and new hits by the maestro. However, the composer works not only with adult artists, but also with children. He is the organizer of the festival "Children's New Wave", which reveals the names of young talents. And children's songs by Igor Krutoy, the most famous of which, perhaps, “Music is a wonderful country,” are no less popular and loved.
Albumography
Of course, one of the most striking manifestations of Igor’s composing talent is the composition of instrumental music. In 2000, his first album, entitled “Without Words,” was released; in 2004, his album “Without Words.” Part 2 ", and in 2007 -" Without words. Part 3 ". The last album of this series for more than 4 months was an obvious and stable leader in sales in the segment of Russian popular music. In 2012, the 4th and 5th discs of the “Without Words” cycle were released.
In 2009, the composer presented the double album Deja Vu, recorded in collaboration with Dmitry Hvorostovsky. The famous opera baritone performed 24 compositions to the music of Krutoy in French, Italian, Russian. And in the fall of 2010, admirers of the maestro’s talent got the opportunity to enjoy Igor’s new grand project with the participation of world-famous singer Lara Fabian. Together they recorded the album Mademoiselle Zhivago, which included songs written by the composer on the verses of Fabian.
Family of Igor Krutoy
In 1979, the maestro married a girl Elena from St. Petersburg. In 1981, the couple had a son, Nikolai. However, family life did not work out, the couple broke up. Now Nikolai is already a completely independent person, he is married and has a daughter (the granddaughter of Krutoy was born in 2010).
Only after almost 15 years after the divorce, did the composer find his other half. The current wife of Igor Krutoy - Olga - lives in the United States and is engaged in business. They met in New York, they were introduced to each other by Alla Pugacheva. At first glance, a beautiful woman liked Igor. Without thinking twice, he proposed to her, and, fortunately, she agreed.
Olga had a daughter from her first marriage - Victoria (born in 1985), Krutoy accepted her as a native, adopted her and gave his surname. Vika Krutaya graduated from high school in New Jersey and is now trying herself as a singer. In 2003, Olga gave birth to the maestro's common daughter, Alexandra. Igor again became a father at almost 50 years old. The composer has very touching feelings for Sasha, he even wrote a lullaby specially for her, which he called “Sasha”. The children of Igor Krutoy delight their father with their successes. According to the composer, they give him the desire not to grow old.
For many years, Igor and his wife have been living in two houses. Olga and her daughters are in the United States most of the time, and Cool has to constantly fly across the ocean. But longer than one month, they do not part.
The key to popularity
Igor says that even now he does not feel completely successful. According to him, in the passport he is always Cool, and in creativity he can be cool only when his music is in demand and touches the souls of the audience. The composer notes that he has not yet fully realized his potential and will strive for new victories.