Igor Krutoy - Russian and Ukrainian composer, hitmaker, whose songs were included in the repertoire of stars Russian stage. Successful producer, organizer of the international competition of popular music "New Wave", "Children's New Wave".

Under his leadership for a long time the projects "Song of the Year" and "Morning Mail" were carried out.

Childhood and youth

Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy was born in Ukraine, in the small town of Gaivoron, in July 1954. The birthday of the future composer fell on the zodiac sign Leo. The Krutykh family, Jews by nationality, in which, apart from Igor, daughter Alla grew up, had nothing to do with art. Mom was a housewife, and dad worked at the local enterprise "Radiodetal" as a dispatcher.


Where the boy got his love for music is unknown. But he suddenly showed excellent hearing, and his mother took her son to a music school. At children's matinees, Igor Krutoy already quite well accompanied the school choir on the button accordion. Later he mastered the piano, and in the 6th grade, the student organized an ensemble, which he himself led. Soon, not a single dance for high school students could do without musicians.


After school, Igor Krutoy saw only one way for himself - to improve his musical abilities and play further. He became a student at the Kirovograd School of Music, entering the theoretical department. After graduating from college, he taught playing the button accordion at the Gaivoron music school and worked as a music teacher in a neighboring village, but in 1975 Krutoy became a student again. This time - at the Nikolaev Musical Pedagogical Institute, where he chose the conducting department for himself.


In 1979, Krutoy was invited to the Moscow Capital Concert Orchestra "Panorama". Here the musician worked first with and, and in 1980 he moved to work at the VIA "Blue Guitars". Soon, the talented pianist was taken to the singer's ensemble, where through a short time he became a leader.

In 1986, Krutoy achieved the fulfillment of his cherished dream by enrolling in the Sobinov Saratov Conservatory at the composing department. Igor has wanted to compose music ever since he learned to play. Already in his youth, he gradually approaches this goal.

Music and creativity

1987 became the year of the beginning of the composer's biography of Igor Krutoy. This year his first hit song “Madonna” appeared. It was written for the singer and friend Krutoy, with whom the composer was already familiar from Nikolaev.


The success was consolidated with the following songs for Serov - "Wedding Music", "How to Be" and "You Love Me", which immediately became hits of the Soviet stage. The composer's popularity has grown enormously. Now, and, and, and, and many other popular performers sang songs by Igor Yakovlevich.

Igor Krutoy - "The whole world is love"

Not only composing, but also producing activities are now increasingly occupied by Igor Krutoy. In 1989, he first became the director of the ARS company, then the artistic director. Already 10 years later, Krutoy was the president of the company, which, under his skillful leadership, became the largest concert and production organization in the country. "ARS" Krutoy cooperates with popular performers of the country, and others. Igor Krutoy's Production Center organizes solo concerts of world and Russian pop stars at prestigious concert venues in the country and abroad.


The authority of the company led by Krutoy can be judged by the fact that it was she who organized concerts in Moscow and. And "ARS" is also the producer of the popular programs "Morning Mail", "Song of the Year", "Soundtrack" and " Good morning, country! ”, which are broadcast on the central TV channels RTR and ORT. In addition, since 1994 "ARS" has been organizing recitals of Igor Krutoy as a composer. Both already "exposed" and new pop stars perform at these evenings.

Igor Krutoy - "When I close my eyes"

Now Igor Krutoy is writing instrumental music... In 2000, the composer's first album, entitled Music Without Words, was released, where his best instrumental works were presented. The composition "When I Close My Eyes" became the most popular in this direction, and the fans called the creation inspiring and incomparable. He also writes music for feature films, and clips with his participation are no less popular.

Igor Krutoy and Irina Allegrova - "Unfinished novel"

The song "Unfinished Romance", which Igor Krutoy performed with the singer, became one of the most significant hits in his creative biography... The media even reported that the too close cooperation of Igor Krutoy with Irina Allegrova could affect the composer's marriage, and allegedly the union with his wife Olga cracked, but still the press speculations were never confirmed. In the TV show "Secret in a Million," the composer explained that he was associated with the singer "a creative novel and high relationship».

Igor Krutoy and Igor Nikolaev - "My friend"

The composition "My friend" has become another popular work of Krutoy. The Russians remembered this work, since the masterpiece was created with the participation of another equally famous Russian composer Igor Nikolaev.

Working with a French-speaking singer is a separate chapter in Igor Krutoy's career. Album Mademoiselle Jivago ("Mademoiselle Zhivago"), released in 2010, has become popular in several countries around the world. The Russian composer is increasingly recognized in France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland and other countries, where they love and know the work of Lara Fabian.


In 2014, a concert of the composer took place in honor of his anniversary, which was called “60 times in life”. In addition to the performance of songs by the maestro himself, friends and colleagues Irina Allegrova and others came to congratulate him. Festive program was broadcast on the Russia-1 TV channel.

In 2016, together with the singer, composer Igor Krutoy shot a video for the song "Late Love". The new creation took the leading positions in the music ratings of Russia. The clip was shot by famous representatives Russian show business in Kiev.

Angelica Varum and Igor Krutoy - Late Love

In the Ukrainian society, a discussion immediately unfolded regarding the legality of such an event, in which Russian stars took part.

Igor Krutoy - People's Artist of Russia. On the Square of Stars near the state concert hall "Russia" there is a personal star of Igor Yakovlevich. The maestro's discography comprises about 40 albums recorded by Russian performers.

Alla Pugacheva and Igor Krutoy - "My Guardian Angel"

In 2003, Igor Krutoy disappeared from public space for a long time. The blame for everything, according to the press, was the confrontation between his company and the current First Channel. Then the "Star Factory-4" just ended, the ratings of the project were low, which made the general director dissatisfied. According to media reports, the TV channel allegedly stated that after the end of the project, the performers left "under the wing" of Krutoy, which does not provide for a contract with the TV channel.


During this period, Krutoy's music did not sound on the air, and the artists who performed his compositions did not appear. Both the Song of the Year program and the New Wave competition have disappeared. Today the conflict has dried up, and the black streak in the creative biography of Krutoy is over.

Personal life

The personal life of Igor Krutoy took a long time to build. The current marriage of the composer and producer is the second. In the first marriage, Igor Yakovlevich had a son, Nikolai. The couple broke up.


Olga being current wife composer, lives in New Jersey, is in business. The composer himself works in Moscow. For Olga, this is also a second marriage. From the first, she brings up a daughter, Victoria. In the summer of 2014, Vika got married. The wedding was celebrated twice. It was Krutoy who led the adopted daughter down the aisle.


Igor and Olga have a common daughter, Alexander, who was born in America in 2003. Igor Yakovlevich often appears with his daughter at public events. The famous composer loves children and tries to devote more time to his family.


During the struggle for his rights to TV, Igor Yakovlevich managed to overcome serious illness that nearly took him to his grave. The Russian public became worried when Igor Krutoy's appearance changed a lot. The fans were surprised when they looked at the photos of the composer, which showed that he was very thin. If earlier, with a height of 176 cm, his weight was about 80 kg, then during his illness the composer lost a lot of weight.

The producer went to the United States for treatment. American doctors managed to put Krutoy on his feet, since he underwent a number of operations in New York.


Igor Krutoy noticeably lost weight

In the future, Igor Krutoy has repeatedly stated that a serious illness forced him to reconsider his views on life, now he devotes more time to health. It was at this moment that he underwent a reassessment of values. He had a hard time coming to his senses after the operation, but he knew what to do in order to get back on his feet as soon as possible.

Rumors are circulating in the media that Krutoy is sick with cancer and the disease is in remission. The musician himself does not inform the fans of the true diagnosis.

Igor Krutoy now

Now Igor Krutoy continues to live in two countries - he spends most of the time with his relatives in the United States, periodically visiting Russia. At the beginning of 2018, the musician took a judge's place in the NTV channel "You are super!" His colleagues on the jury were,. The filming of the program lasted for 3 months. The composer commented on his participation in the competition for children without parental care from the Instagram page.


Igor Krutoy, Yulianna Karaulova, Victor Drobysh and Sergey Lazarev in 2018

Despite his health condition, Igor Krutoy is still loyal to his brainchild - international competition"New Wave", which took place in Sochi in early autumn in 2018. There were also some surprises. Philip Kirkorov and Nikolay Baskov performed at the evening with the shocking song "Ibiza", which the audience asked to perform "as an encore."

Discography

  • 1987 - Madonna
  • 1994 - Starfall
  • 1995 - Love Like a Dream
  • 1996 - "I'll spread the clouds with my hands ..."
  • 1997 - "Songs of the composer Igor Krutoy"
  • 1997 - Islands of Love
  • 1998 - "Unfinished novel"
  • 1998 - Once Upon a Time in America
  • 1998 - Latin Quarter
  • 1998 - "My finances are singing romances"
  • 1999 - "Rope Dancer"
  • 2010 - Mademoiselle Jivago (Lara Fabian)

Today it is difficult to imagine that the creator of numerous hits, composer Igor Krutoy once did not even have money for food. Only decades later, he will become an eminent musician, producer, organizer of competitions and a very popular person, whose army of fans will number in the millions. All my life, there were women next to Igor Krutoy, who will celebrate his 63rd birthday at the end of July. Each of them played a role in the fate of the maestro.

An incorrigible romantic, girls have always liked him. I fell in love myself. Igor Krutoy made an offer to his first wife Elena on the third date. She, without hesitation, agreed. The young couple got married in 1979 in Leningrad. The celebration was modest, the guests gathered in Elena's small apartment. We laid a long table, ran to neighbors for forks and spoons. In short, it was noisy and fun. But family life turned out to be completely different.

26-year-old Igor Krutoy did not have permanent earnings, which greatly irritated his young wife. As a result, Elena left her husband, being pregnant. Igor Krutoy revealed the true reason for the divorce

“I am grateful to her for this, for her honesty, for making such a decision, because every year it would be more tragic,” Igor Krutoy will say decades after the divorce.

For a while, Elena tried to interfere with her father's communication and little son If. Igor Krutoy admitted that sometimes he had to be cunning and ask the boy's nanny to arrange a date for him with the heir. But later everything fell into place. After bad experience family life Igor Krutoy tried to protect his son from irreparable mistakes. But young man nevertheless, I had to go through a divorce, practically repeating the fate of my father. The family of Igor Krutoy has problems

After ten years of bachelor life, in the early 90s, Igor Krutoy meets a woman who became his destiny. At one of the banquets in America, Igor was introduced to the bright and beautiful business woman Olga. “I didn't even think that women could be so beautiful,” recalls the first meeting with future wife Igor Krutoy. But there could be no talk of a novel. Olga was married and raised a daughter. And Igor had a job in Moscow. But their love turned out to be stronger than distances and conventions. At one of the following meetings, Krutoy made an offer to Olga.

“I went all-in,” recalled Igor Yakovlevich in an interview. - We have not had any relationship yet, but I have already made an offer. I immediately asked the question: "Will you be my wife?" And she immediately agreed. "

The meeting with Olga filled the composer's life with new meaning. Thanks to this woman, Krutoy wrote his most beautiful and lyrical songs. “They fell in love at first sight,” said the maestro's younger sister Alla Baratta. - Igor began to compose extraordinary songs. I remember my brother came to see me in Philadelphia, sat down at the piano and played a beautiful melody. I asked: “What is this? What is it called? " He replied: “It's called Olenka. The result was the song "I love you to tears ...".

The couple have been together for more than twenty years. In 2013, Olga gave her husband a daughter, Sasha. And they still live in two countries - Olga in America, Igor in Russia. “I am in demand here,” says Igor Krutoy. - Of course, we miss you very much. But we try to see each other more often. Usually we spend the summer together somewhere in Europe. "

In the mid-nineties, popular rumor attributed to Igor Krutoy an affair with a popular singer. The vocalist inspired the composer to create several albums, which included unforgettable hits - "I will spread the clouds with my hands", "We are all bitches," "Unfinished novel", "I will win you back" and others.

However, according to the musicians, they were bound exclusively by a creative relationship.

Material from the magazine Mercury №64 Winter 2017/18

Text: Inna Osinovskaya ("How to spend")

On the eve of the New Year, Olga Krutaya, wife of composer Igor Krutoy, image maker, business woman, met at the Cristal Room Baccarat with her longtime friend, vice president and fashion director of TSUM Alla Verber, to talk about the latest fashion trends and plans for the holidays , and at the same time try on images from the latest collections of leading designers.

Alla Werber: Surprisingly, Olya, but we rarely meet in Moscow. And so - all over the world: in Monaco, and in New York, and in Paris ... The world has become so small! Many people think that traveling is great, but in fact it is work: sometimes you have to collect things for two or three countries and think over outfits for several occasions and for several climatic zones at once.

Olga Krutaya: You're right! Recently I flew from New York to Milan, then to Moscow, and from there to Sochi and back to Moscow. In Sochi I was at the International Festival of Youth and Students, in Europe - at the birthday of my friend, an opera singer. I had to think it over right away ... In my suitcase I always have a whole wardrobe with me! There are many shoes, many bags for each dress, so that I can calmly, slowly, pick the right image before the event.

AV: But every country has its own unspoken dress code.


OK: Yes, take the same New York, where I spend six months. There is a cult of sports, proper nutrition, in other words - the cult of casual. Even if you are not a housewife, but a working woman, and even if you are in a suit, you may still be wearing sneakers.

AV: And if a black tie was announced at an evening event in New York, then hold on. It will be such a black tie! Karin Roitfeld recently hosted an evening in New York. I put on a Saint Laurent jacket, sequined shoes and at the same time was absolutely underdressed ... the overall picture: During the day, most New Yorkers look quite simple, not like Muscovites.

O.K .: Alas, in the world Lately everyone began to dress very simply. Heels, cosmetics, grooming - all this is going somewhere, unfortunately ... But in Moscow people look bright, in every sense! In Moscow, you make more demands on your appearance.

AV: We can easily go out in the afternoon in a sable vest and jeans combined with stilettos. To be honest, I feel comfortable in Moscow. I like this approach, all this femininity: I prefer skirts-dresses over trousers.

OK: And I like trousers more, especially leather ones. And abroad I realize that although I fit into the cityscape, I always look a little more luxurious than my New York girlfriends.

AV: Olya, you have amazing taste, while you are not subject to the whims of fashion.

OK: Thank you, dear! I try to buy from each brand something significant, something really beautiful ... Sometimes I can afford extravagance. Recently bought fuchsia Balenciaga shoes with long pointed toes. Put it on with an evening dress. It turned out elegantly! I love Balenciaga, I adore everything that Tom Ford does, the Givenchy aesthetic is also very close to me, not to mention Saint Laurent - lately the brand has such interesting collections... But I like evening dresses from Zuhair Murad - this is true glamor. And thank you that all this can now be bought in Moscow!

AV: You know, I am honestly proud that today we can offer such a wide choice that I do not see anywhere else - neither in London, nor in New York, nor in Dubai. Do you remember, ten years ago, you and I wandered around London, went shopping, revel in beauty, luxury shopping centers... And today you don't have to go anywhere!

OK. Wherever I am, I always come for shopping to you, to the Tretyakovsky, to the Central Department Store ... You always have the most top things, you are a buyer by vocation.

AV: Today it is a pleasure to be a buyer. Designers do so much fun. When I go to Fashion Week, I just get torn. I come to the Milan show Dolce & Gabbana - I want to buy only their clothes. Then Paris Week comes, I go to Valentino - everything, my heart is given to Valentino. I go to Saint Laurent, to Givenchy - and I think: where have I been before ?! What interesting solutions, what juicy details ...

OK: Details are everything. For example, I prefer classic style, but with interesting accents: a bag, shoes, a bracelet can make the image individual ...

A.K .: And this is especially true. A woman tries on - and the face immediately changes, transforms!

OK: I am very careful in jewelry. Of the earrings I wear mostly diamond studs, neatly, without challenge. If I do, I can do without it. And if they are large, then you do not need anything on the neck. I mostly prefer colorless stones, but sometimes I want colors - I have a good attitude towards sapphires, emeralds, pink diamonds. From brands I prefer, at the "New Wave" competition I wore a beautiful necklace with sapphire. I am a big fan of jewelry. - and our love with the jeweler Jacob Arabo is mutual: once he told me that I wear jewelry correctly, that I have talent.

AV: He's right. I like that Italians wear the most beautiful ones on right hand- they gesticulate a lot, and on the right adornment is more noticeable! It's the same with perfume, by the way: you need to put the perfume on your wrist so that the interlocutors can catch the scent.

О.К .: Beautiful version. Perfume is applied on the wrist because it opens up better, because there is a pulse. Perfume, I must say, is my weakness, I can spend hours in perfume shops. I buy them and give them to my friends ...

A.K .: And you do it yourself, do not be shy.


OK: Yes, my perfume company is already seven years old this year. I’ll tell you a secret, I’m finishing work on a new scent right now. I wanted to do under New Year something tart, spicy and at the same time fresh, fashionable. It will be a unisex perfume.

AV: Perfume is a win-win gift, but you have to choose it with your heart, thinking about the person to whom you are going to present the fragrance. It's time for you to make your own clothing line, with your taste!

OK: She took it off the tongue! There is an idea to create a capsule collection - evening dress and fragrance. Do you think it would be interesting?

AV: Of course! I’m just choosing what to wear for the New Year. Traditional solutions - red, black, sparkling accents, velvet, silk ... We want to celebrate in Russia that there was snow and luxury. Where are you going to meet?

OK: We are still thinking. I am now more worried about the series of New Year's social events, there are many of them ahead. I try to accompany my husband at presentations, at ceremonies, at parties, I try to decorate him with my presence.

AV: Olya, you will decorate any event with your presence, let's just see you more often, and not only in Milan and New York. And like today, in our beloved Moscow.

Earrings, White gold, diamonds

The life of music stars, film stars, directors and composers always arouses interest among the general public, even those that are far from the art world. Igor Cool biography, whose personal life and work was widely covered in the media is no exception, but some facts from his life are in doubt and are half-fiction of biographers.

The future composer was born in 1954 in the small town of Gaivoron, in the Kirovograd region. His father, Yakov, worked as a freight forwarder at a local radio plant, his mother, Svetlana, interspersed the work of a laboratory assistant at a sanitary and epidemiological station with the duties of a non-working housewife. The family brought up the youngest daughter Alla (born in 1959), who today is a Ukrainian-American TV presenter.

Biography: The beginning of the creative path of Igor Krutoy

While still at school, Igor showed a talent for being a self-taught musician. Without any training, he mastered playing the button accordion and, starting with the accompaniment of the school choir, in the senior grades created a school pop ensemble, which was perceived with a bang during dance evenings. Therefore, at the end of school, the graduate had no problems with further education. I. Krutoy successfully passes the exams at the Kirovograd Music School, after an excellent completion of which, in 1974 he began to teach singing lessons in one of the rural schools.

Unable to enter the conservatory in Kiev, the young man successfully passes the exams at the pedagogical institute (city of Nikolaev) for the conductor and choir department.

Beginning in 1979, I. Ya. Krutoy began working in the Panorama Concert Orchestra, where he maintains friendly relations with V.G. Miguley and P. Bulbul-oglu. A year later, the artist changes place permanent work starting cooperation with the vocal and instrumental group "Blue Guitars" and the creative team of V. Tolkunova. Soon the talented young man becomes the artistic director of the collective.

In 1986 Igor entered the composing department of the Saratov Conservatory. Through the code, the first musical hit of the composer appears - the song "Madonna", written for Igor's acquaintance in the city of Nikolaev A. Serov. After that, for some time, I. Ya. Krutoy was the "personal" composer of this performer, having written for him the hits "How to Be", "Wedding Music" and "You Love Me", which at that time could be heard every day on all radio channels ... L. Vaikule, A. Buinov and V. Leontiev began to perform his works.

Producer activity of Igor Krutoy

In 1989, the well-known composer initially becomes the director of the ARS Youth Center and then combines leadership position with the duties of artistic director. Ten years later, the composer turns the semi-handicraft cooperative into the largest concert and production syndicate in the Russian Federation, organizing solo concerts of the most famous pop stars at the largest concert venues in the country. It is the ARS concert agency that organizes the Russian tours of M. Jackson and H. Coreros. At the same time, the agency produces the most popular musical television programs "Song of the Year", "Morning Mail" and others.

Since 1994, I. Ya. Krutoy begins organizing his own creative evenings, with the participation of "promoted" and rising stars Russian stage.

Today Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy was awarded honorary titles People's Artist Of the Russian Federation, Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR, People's Artist of Ukraine and awarded the Orders of Merit for the Fatherland IV and III degrees, the Order of Friendship and the Medal of the Champion of Ukraine in football, for writing the anthem for the Donetsk club Shakhtar

Personal life of Igor Krutoy

Today I. Ya. Krutoy is married for the second time and he has a daughter, Alexandra, born in 2003. His wife Olga does business in the United States and the couple meet in fits and starts, flying to each other in their free time.

They talk about Olga Krutoy, first of all, as the wife of the composer Igor Krutoy. They are called one of the most prominent couples in show business, and Philip Kirkorov claims that the name "Cool" is the most appropriate epithet for them. Olga, who is successfully engaged in business projects, prefers to remain in the shadow of her husband, as was the custom in her parents' family.

Olga was born on November 11, 1963 in Leningrad. Her father was a major party functionary and an indisputable authority in the family, and her mother was engaged in raising her daughter and son. Despite the fact that Olya is still in Soviet times she could show off in branded dresses unattainable for her peers, a strict ban was imposed on trousers, and she had to return home no later than seven in the evening. At the end high school, in full accordance with the wishes of her father, Olga became a student at the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics. However, the power of the parents is not unlimited, and in 1982 Olga struck her family with the news of her marriage to Vladimir Bukhover, a man much older than her. In 1985, their daughter Victoria was born. The second shock for the father was the emigration of her daughter and her husband to the United States. However, staying in a foreign country, difficulties with work, and according to Olga herself, a lack of wisdom and patience in family relationships led to a split between the spouses in 1989.



Olga and her daughter decided to stay, but she closely followed the events in her homeland and did not miss events, especially musical ones, with the participation of compatriots. In 1993, Olga and her friends attended the Song of the Year concert in Miami, and at a banquet after the concert she met the then not very famous composer Igor Krutoy, whose family life also collapsed at that time. They exchanged phones, and Igor began to often call the woman he liked. Olga admitted that literally from the first phrases uttered by Igor, she felt the warmth and sincerity emanating from this person, and believed him unconditionally. At their next meeting, which took place a month later, she received a marriage proposal, and, without hesitation, accepted it. Olga filed an official divorce from her ex-husband, met Igor's mother and his son from his first marriage.

In 1995, two years after they met, a luxurious wedding took place, which was attended by all the celebrities who participated in the very concert at which Igor and Olga first met.

Despite the fact that Olga could not leave her business in the United States, and Igor did not stop his creative and production activities in Russia, the relationship between the spouses was extremely harmonious. Olga convinced her husband to healthy image life and regularly visit the gym, became his image maker, and most importantly - the inspirer. Such songs of Krutoy as the unconditional wedding hit "I love you to tears", romantic "Palma de Mallorca" and many other unfading compositions were dedicated to her. Igor managed to establish warm relationship with Olga's daughter Victoria, over time he adopted a girl, and she began to bear his last name.

During the serious illness of Igor Krutoy in 2001, which required a complex operation on the pancreas, their whole family only rallied closer together. Two years later, Olga and Igor had another daughter, Alexandra, to whom the composer also dedicated several songs, including "New Year's Sasha", and during his short visits to the family home in Miami, he literally did not leave the baby for a second.

Olga Krutaya prefers not to brag about her achievements. Her latest business project was the development of an author's line of perfumes, the formulas for which she created in collaboration with the French perfumer Nezhla Barbier. This Russian brand, which is produced in France, bears the name "OKKIi", made up of the initials of a married couple, and has already gone on sale at TSUM and Douglas Rivoli. The brand's lineup includes four original fragrances - one for men (Opus pour Homme), and three for women. of different ages(Opus, La Muse and La Muse Sensuelle). Currently, the development of a new fragrance is nearing completion, the presentation of which will presumably take place in Moscow.

The life of Olga's daughters is also going well. Victoria was seriously engaged in vocals, took part in the "Morning Star" and "New Wave" contests, starred in several music videos, the most popular of which was "I love you so much" (2003). The girl graduated from the Stella Adler drama school in New York, then studied business communications at the university, and also attended TV presenters courses in Ostankino, and, in the end, settled on the profession of a florist, opening a Florist Gump flower shop in Moscow. In July 2014, Victoria married restaurateur David Berkovich, whom she met at the age of twelve. Their gorgeous wedding on the Jewish rite, which was attended by the whole world of Moscow show business, was covered in detail by Internet publications. As for youngest daughter, Alexandra, then she shows a penchant for fine arts and clothing design.