Krasnov Boris Arkadievich (nee Reuter) was born on January 22, 1961 in Kiev.
In 1978, the young Borya Reuter graduated from the Taras Shevchenko Art School.
Then he decided to enter the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. His teacher was Daniil Leader — the national artist of the Ukrainian SSR and laureate of the USSR State Prize.
Beginning of the journey of Boris Krasnov
In the biography of the artist, the year 1980 became significant. The performance “Romeo and Juliet” staged by Boris Arkadievich was sold out for 5 seasons. The surname Krasnov appeared precisely in this creative period and was first a pseudonym, and later became the official name of the producer.
Creation
In 1985, under the direction of Boris Arkadevich, a play by V. Rozov “Eternally Alive” was staged on the stage of the College of Information Technology and Construction (CITiS).
In the same year, Boris entered the service at the Lesya Ukrainka Theater, where he served as the artist for the paintings.
In 1987, Boris received the T. Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine for ornamenting the performance “Let's Win” (Zaporizhzhya Regional Theater for Young Spectators).
From 1987 to 1989 he underwent a two-year internship in the Metropolitan Theater. Lenin Komsomol.
Achievements
Under the leadership of Alexander Abdulov, Boris Krasnov became the main artist in the Moscow Lenkom association.
From 1989 to 1993, Boris took part in the design of the Moscow International Film Festival and began a joint activity with Alla Borisovna Pugacheva.
In 1992, under the leadership of Boris Krasnov, the company Krasnov Design was created - the leading stage design company in Russia.
From 1996 to 2004, Krasnov designed the First World Festival-Competition under the name “Golden Bear”, which was held in Moscow.
He also arranged the opening ceremony of the VI World Athletics Championships. Location - The central stadium "Kolomarmaros" in Athens.
In 2000, Boris Krasnov worked as a production designer at the State Kremlin Palace.
Then follows another fateful event - 2004, in which B. Krasnov was appointed head of the Moscow Hall of Celebrations “Forum Hall”.
Not without Krasnov and the Universal Exhibition “Expo-2010”.
The stage designer carried out about 3,500 projects in all of his creative activities, including contests, festivals, presentations, and more.
Cooperation
All the leading artists participated in his projects - Lyudmila Gurchenko, Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontyev, Philipp Kirkorov, Joseph Kobzon, Lev Leschenko, Laima Vaikule, Larisa Dolina, Irina Allegrova, Alexander Malinin, Irina Shvedova, Igor Demarin, Valery Meladze, Alexander Rozenba, a lot others.
Foreign artists such as Elton John, Eros Ramazzotti, Sarah Brightman and several foreign bands are also on this list.
Under the leadership of Boris Krasnov, performances were staged in many leading theaters in Russia. Also, many theaters owe him the production and design of 167 grandiose performances.
Projects Krasnova
Many famous artists, partly due to the success of the show, work B. Krasnov:
- Lyudmila Gurchenko with the film - concert “I Love”.
- Alla Pugacheva - "Christmas Meetings" and the anniversary show "Dreams of Love", held in 2000.
- Maya Plisetskaya with her concert “Straight from the Bolshoi”, held in New York, USA, in 1996.
- Valery Leontiev - the innovative show "On the Road to Hollywood", held in Russia in March 1996.
- Ray Charles - an anniversary concert in honor of the 70th anniversary, held in Moscow in 2000.
- Valery Leontiev - with his show “Nameless Planet”, which takes place in Moscow in 2001.
- Philip Kirkorov - his show "Another", which took place on the stage of the Kremlin Palace.
Many universal exhibitions and events designed by Krasnov took place in the interim.
Personal life of Boris Krasnov
Boris’s wife is Evgenia Gurini, who worked as a model for such fashion designers as Vyacheslav Zaitsev and Valentin Yudashkin.
This is the second marriage of Eugenia, she got an exotic surname from her first husband.
With Boris Arkadievich Krasnov, her acquaintance occurred at a fashion show. Valentin Yudashkin, who invited Boris to decorate the scenery, introduced Krasnov to Eugenia. Eugenia Gurini, being married at that time, could not resist the courtship of Krasnov and soon allowed him to achieve his love. Their wedding took place in a modest restaurant.
After marriage, Eugene decided to give up her modeling career and devote herself to family and children.
Now their daughter Darina is 26 years old. She has been successfully blogging on Instagram.
The son of Boris Krasnov, Daniel, is 23 years old; he avoids public life.
Stroke in the life of Krasnov
2011 was a fateful year for Boris Arkadevich. He was accused of extorting authorized capital (about 5 million rubles) from the Inconnect group of companies. Krasnov and his accomplices (another 4 officials were suspected) were facing 15 years in prison. Amid this trumped-up charge, Krasnov was struck by a severe stroke that turned into a coma.
In the court, to which Krasnov was unable to attend, his lawyer still persuaded the members of the court to stop the trial and release Krasnov on bail of 5 million rubles.
Inflammation of the lungs, extensive hematoma, right-sided stroke - all this only complicated his treatment, which was taking place in Switzerland at that time. In his interview, Boris recalls that he managed to take the first step after treatment only a few months later.
It is important to note the feasible contribution of Russian pop stars of the first magnitude (such as A. Pugacheva and I. Kobzon). They actively helped the artist both morally and financially, and found the best doctors.
Krasnov was able to return to Russia four years after a stroke. During this time, Boris Arkadievich managed to overcome terrible pains and learn to walk and talk again.
In 2014, a new investigation was conducted into the case of extortion, and no crime was found in the actions of Boris Arkadievich.
Despite problems with speech, the artist does not lose optimism. In 2017, he attended a concert of Philip Kirkorov, whose sketches for the scenery Krasnov did personally.
And before that, Boris Krasnov visited the studio of Andrei Malakhov, where he participated in the program "Tonight."
Now Boris Arkadievich is actively training, developing coordination of movements, memory and speech. He is sure that the higher powers have not left him in vain on this earth for nothing and is determined to recover in order to do good deeds.