Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy - Soviet and Russian composer, producer, singer, National artist Russia (1996) and Ukraine (2011). On top of that, Krutoy is the owner of several popular Russian radio stations. The songs of Igor Krutoy were performed by almost all the stars Russian stage and not only - from Angelica Varum to Alexander Bon, from Lara Fabian to Muslim Magomayev.

Childhood and youth

Igor Krutoy was born on the outskirts of the small town of Gayvoron, picturesquely spread out on the banks of the Southern Bug in Ukraine. His father, Yakov Mikhailovich, worked as a freight forwarder at a radio factory, and his mother, Svetlana Semyonovna, was a laboratory assistant at the local sanitary and epidemiological station. The composer has a sister, Alla, who married an Italian, moved to the USA and now works on television.


Igor grew up as an ordinary boy, played football with friends and at first was no different from his peers. In the house of the Krutykhs, an old trophy button accordion was kept, which the father sometimes picked up during home gatherings. Igor also liked to touch the keys of the dilapidated instrument, and he himself did not notice how he learned to play it.


This activity captivated the teenager so much that he began to perform at local discos, masterfully performing compositions from the repertoire of the legendary Beatles on the button accordion. Seeing her son's obvious abilities in music, his mother insisted that after the eighth grade he enter a music school. To do this, it was necessary to master the piano, therefore, despite the difficult financial situation in the family, Igor was bought a used piano.

Carier start

Having excellently graduated from the Kirovograd Musical College, the young man tried to enter the Kyiv Conservatory, but did not pass the competition. After working for a year as a music teacher in a rural school, he entered the Nikolaev Pedagogical Institute at the conductor-choir department. During his studies, Igor worked part-time at a local restaurant, where he met Alexander Serov, who became his true friend and companion for many years.


Even then, Krutoy began to write his own songs, which were successfully performed by the artists of the Nikolaev Philharmonic, but he could not break through further. In those days, young artists had to overcome difficult barriers from all kinds of auditions of artistic councils, which only the most talented and stubborn managed to pass.

Success

In 1979, Krutoy received an offer from the Panorama orchestra in the capital and moved to Moscow. Two years later, he got a job as a pianist in the ensemble of Valentina Tolkunova and established himself well among the capital's musicians. But this was not enough for the ambitious provincial, he wanted to declare himself as a composer. Soon, Igor lured Alexander Serov to Moscow and began to promote his songs performed by him.


Thanks to the patronage of Tolkunova in 1988, Serov managed to get to the international musical competition in Budapest with Krutoy's song "Madonna" and become the winner there. Half of the work was done, now it only remained to get on television. For the first time, the song "Madonna" sounded on the air of the program "Before and after midnight", in the morning the whole country was already singing it.

Igor Krutoy's song "Madonna" performed by Alexander Krutoy

Overnight, Serov became a megastar, and Krutoy became one of the most sought-after composers of the national stage. But the real burden of fame fell on the head of Igor Krutoy after a duet with Irina Allegrova in the video "Unfinished Romance".


Krutoy's songs have taken a worthy place in the repertoire of such pop stars as Irina Allegrova (more than 40 songs, including “I will part the clouds with my hands”), Valery Leontiev (more than 20), Laima Vaikule (including “ Chestnut Branch, which they sang in a duet), Alexander Buinov (more than 30) and Alla Pugacheva (“Love, like a dream”, “Ah, lieutenant”, etc.).


In 1989, Igor Yakovlevich created the ARS production center, within which he organized grandiose world-class musical projects. The composer's creative evenings invariably aroused great interest, and his music festivals in Jurmala and Sochi and to this day are one of the most significant events in the domestic show business.

Igor Krutoy also became the producer of the fourth "Star Factory", successfully collaborated with Lara Fabian, wrote music for films and theatrical productions.

Igor Krutoy and Lara Fabian - "Fallen Leaves"

The popular composer has released more than one disc with recordings of his songs. So, one of the first was an album called “Songs of the composer Igor Krutoy” (parts 1–6), in 1997 a collection performed by Alexander Buinov “Islands of Love” was released, two years later “My finances sing romances”, in 2002 followed by the disc "Songs of the Composer - Star Series", and Irina Allegrova recorded an album with Krutoy's songs "I will part the clouds with my hands" and "Unfinished novel".


Igor Krutoy writes a lot instrumental music. So, in 2000 he released the album "Without words", and also at the dawn of his career he wrote music for three feature films: "Thirst for Passion", "Hostages of the Devil" and "A Souvenir for the Prosecutor".

“My wife considered me a failure and directly said:“ You will never get on your feet and achieve nothing worthwhile. As a result, she went to another ... ”- talks about his first marriage - one of the brightest and most successful representatives domestic show business. It was possible to catch the composer, endlessly traveling around the world, together with family members, in his apartment in Miami.

- Igor Yakovlevich, you belong to a small category of people who are usually called lucky: you are happy in your personal life, successful in your profession, your business is flourishing ... How do you do all this?

- To give an exact answer to this question, I will use an anecdote: “Explain, citizen Ivanova, how could you, a mother of two children who graduated from school with a gold medal, an institute with a red diploma, become a currency prostitute ?!”

And the woman honestly says: “Well, just lucky ...” (With a smile.) About myself, I would probably answer the same way. And if you expand it ... Probably, you need to be able to dream correctly. I remember feelings from early childhood… The village of Gayvoron, Kirovograd region. Dad almost built the house, it remains only to report the roof. Summer, my father and I sleep outside. Nearby, the winding Southern Bug is barely audible splashing. I lie in the night, look at the starry sky, and it seems to me that I am in the center of the world. I think: “What is this world like? What do other countries, cities look like? I wish Big city to see, at least with one eye ... "And suddenly I clearly say out loud:" I will go everywhere! I will leave my mark in this world!” Dad murmured awake: “Of course, of course, sleep ...” And rolled over to the other side ...

And two decades later, we were already dreaming with Sasha Serov. In Nikolaev. I studied there, and in the evenings I worked part-time in the central restaurant of the city. Sasha was also there. I wrote songs, he sang. At night, after finishing work, we left the restaurant, but we didn’t go home - we wandered the streets, sat on benches for hours, dreaming until morning about how we would break through: we would conquer Moscow, become famous, we would perform at large concert venues. They understood that it was impossible, unthinkable, but... What do you want - they were young, impudent. Hear then someone from the outside about our Napoleonic plans, would probably consider us assholes. (Grinding.) And I would be mistaken ... In general, I personally convinced myself of the correctness folk saying: "It is not harmful to dream, it is harmful not to dream." Well, if you also do something in the direction of realizing your dreams, then in general everything turns out cool.

- It's good to talk about this to a person with such a significant surname - Krutoy.

- It's just a coincidence. At the time I am talking about, this word has not yet become a household word, it was not associated with successful, lucky people. On the contrary, I was terribly embarrassed about my rare surname, because the boys constantly teased me, invented all sorts of offensive nicknames. Therefore, wherever possible, he tried to hide it. Let's say, taking shape in the football section, he signed up under his mother's last name - Persheguba.

- And how did the parents manage to direct the boy who is fond of football along the musical path?

- Probably, this became possible, because I myself have always been passionate about music. We had an accordion with torn bellows at home, and I liked to play it. Papa got hold of this trophy instrument somewhere, and when we had guests, he tried to

to perform popular songs on it, and my mother sang along with him “in Zykinsky”. Dad was rarely at home: he worked as a freight forwarder at a radio factory - he constantly traveled on business trips. Therefore, children, me and my younger sister (Alla Baratta is a TV journalist, lives in Miami, hosts her TV show on Ukrainian TV - an interview with famous people; surname from her husband, an Italian of American descent. — Approx. "TN"), my mother was engaged, although she also worked - first as a laboratory assistant in the sanitary and epidemiological station, then at the radio factory. And a deep bow to her for the fact that, having seen some musical inclinations in me, she did not allow them to get lost. At first, she actively encouraged my playing the button accordion - suffice it to say that from the age of 11 I performed as part of a local dance ensemble. And as soon as I graduated from the eighth grade, my mother literally dragged me into regional center enter the Kirovograd Musical College.

After the audition, we were told: "In order to enter, you need to learn how to play the piano." Which, of course, we didn't have. Mom immediately borrowed money and got the piano "Chernihiv" - in those scarce times it was fantastic! Moreover, our family lived extremely modestly. I prepared the program for next year I was already able to enter the theoretical faculty of the Kirovograd Musical College, from which I graduated with honors.

In fact, my mother's clairvoyance is amazing, given some of the circumstances that clearly should have prevented musical career son. The point is that in early childhood, having been ill with some kind of illness, I received

complication. I was not deaf, fortunately, but since that time I can hear only with one ear - the right one. I do not perceive stereo, and therefore it is quite difficult for me to scatter the sound over the speakers. But nothing, got used to it somehow. (Smiling.) So I’m telling you for those who don’t know: if someone has a desire to talk with me, it’s better to sit on my right ... I’m amazed that this fact did not stop my mother at one time. Thanks to which I continued to climb my personal musical Olympus. At first unsuccessfully: they were not accepted to the Kyiv Conservatory. He began to teach children to play the button accordion at the music school in the village of Bandurovo. A year later, he entered the conductor-choir department in Nikolaev. Pedagogical Institute, after graduation - to the Saratov Conservatory.

- Probably, with such a powerful musical education, the path to the top was not thorny - everything went without a hitch?

- Stop it! Back then it was much more difficult to get on the stage than it is now. Now what is needed for promotion? Good song and money. I composed the song, got the funds, sang, or rather, modeled the voice on the computer - and it's in the bag. And in our time it was necessary to break through the so-called artistic councils. What does it mean? There were three blocks: television, radio and the Melodiya company, and only from them could a composer or performer start. Each of these organizations had its own artistic council, consisting of musical masters. It is clear that it is unprofitable for them to let someone from outside approach the feeder. So they blocked the new ones.


I could not make myself known as a composer, although I was already among Moscow professionals as a musician. And somehow Larisa Dolina was given the go-ahead to record a big record. However, the content needed to be approved. She and I came to the artistic council of the Melodiya company together: she sang three of my songs to them, I accompanied them. When they finished, the composers present said: “Larisa, we’d better write for you ourselves ...” How we grieved with her. We sat in a restaurant, washed down our defeat and complained to each other about life: about suffocation by censorship, about the inability to realize ourselves ... But nothing, as they say, justice triumphed: after Larisa won the international competition, there was less pressure on her - and she managed to get permission to record my songs in her album.

It was exactly the same with Sasha Serov. As soon as he won the international competition, he immediately got the right to record a giant album, in which the song “Madonna” written by me turned out to be the most hit. But they didn’t want to let him into this competition at all. They did not draw up - and that's it. The formal reason: no registration - discharged from Nikolaev, not registered in Moscow - sort of like a bum. And then I already lived in the capital, worked at Melodiya: as an accompanist and arranger, I wrote albums for performers. He turned to Tolkunova about Sasha, but she could not do anything. But she advised: in the Department of Musical Institutions of the Ministry of Culture there is a secretary, Alla Anatolyevna Bank. It would seem that an ordinary secretary, but a lot depends on her - she can solve almost any issue.

I visited this woman almost every day. The visits were extremely short. I told: " Good morning, Alla Anatolyevna. She replied: "Goodbye." And I had to retreat. One day, being enlisted for some reason

As part of the delegation of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, I ended up in Mongolia. At the airport I met an acquaintance - Boris Komarov, an employee of the Ministry of Culture, then he worked at the Mongolian embassy as a cultural adviser. We knew each other with a hat, bowed slightly, but here, abroad, we were delighted with each other like relatives. We went to dinner, talked, he asked about my affairs. And I told sad story about Alla Bank. He advised: “When you return, come to her, say “good morning” again, but immediately add: “I am from Boris Komarov.” And you'll see what happens next." I exactly fulfilled the order, she said: “Ah, well, then come in ...” And in the evening of the same day, an audition of Sasha Serov was organized, and the next morning his direction for an international competition was signed.

Sasha won there, then won another one, that is, in the narrow circles of professionals, his name became known. But to become popular, it was necessary to light up on television. We succeeded thanks to ... a bottle of vodka. Volodya Molchanov, the author and presenter of the then most popular program “Before and After Midnight”, looked into the studio on the eve of the broadcast. And there, the editor Sasha Alexandrov tells him: “Listen, I’ll go get some vodka now, and for now, watch the video.” And he turned on "Madonna" performed by Serov. Molchanov liked it: “It's interesting,” he says. “What if we put it on air?” And imagine, put, he is such a guy - decisive. And the very next day, Sasha became wildly popular. And a few days later, Natasha Vysotskaya, the editor of Morning Post, who sympathized with us (she later became a wife), showed our clip in her program. As a result, the composition got into the "Song of the Year-87". After that, it started ... Sasha literally became a celestial, and from that I fell: in some incomprehensible way, by pure chance, at the age of 33 I also took off with him.

There were a lot of them, accidents, sometimes quite funny. Here's how my first record turned out. I wrote the song "Confession" ("I will always love you") to the verses of Sasha Zhigarev and Sergey Alikhanov, but she, like my other

essay, never published. Zhigarev promised to introduce me to the senior editor of the Melodiya company, Vladimir Dmitrievich Ryzhikov, and warned: “If you manage to outdrink him, you will be a composer!” The cherished meeting took place in the restaurant of the House of Journalists. The first two bottles under the toast "For the health of Vladimir Dmitrievich!" flew by swiftly. On the third, the poet Zhigarev lay face down in a salad. While drinking the fourth, Ryzhikov's face turned pink, and he seemed to enter into a conversation. Full communication started from the fifth bottle. How much was - and was it? - drunk after her, I do not remember. I only remember exactly that we went out in an embrace, and most importantly, his farewell words crashed into my brain: “Tomorrow morning, bring me your notes with Serov. I will release a small disc with two songs by Leontiev, well, I will put yours on the second pair. A little later, Ryzhikov released the Madonna disc, which consisted only of our songs with Sasha.

You see, Vladimir Dmitrievich for many years was the king and god in the musical sphere of the Soviet stage. It was he who formed the artistic councils that determined the fate of the song, personally decided how the record would be released and whose names would be recorded on it. Surprisingly, upon closer examination, he turned out to be a wonderful man, a super professional. And we developed an amazing relationship over time. When he no longer worked at Melodiya, I sent him a high-quality TV set for some World Cup (he was obsessed with football). How he thanked me, almost cried with happiness ...

- It seems that in a creative environment you need to have valuable quality- the ability to hold an alcoholic blow. But that's how you can sleep.

- Fortunately, I have never been drunk, and I did not have to hangover. But sometimes it really didn’t work without a conversation, as they say, in Russian. This is how I met Pugacheva, for example. Somehow after "Christmas Meetings", where Allegrova sang my song "The Catcher in the Rye", Sasha Kalyanov called me and said that Alla Borisovna wants

listen to my songs, and specifically - he named the day, place and time of the rendezvous. It turned out that the meeting should take place at the house on Mayakovsky Square in the morning. I began to puzzle over what to bring to such a megastar. In the end, nothing but flowers came up. And for some reason I took a bottle of vodka with me - and suddenly, I think, it will come in handy. It came in handy. Pugacheva greeted me with a question: “Cool?” I nodded, "Cool." She looked at me carefully, evaluating me and said with a twist: "No, no, it's me - cool." I handed her the bouquet without objection and resolutely took out the bottle. She chuckled, “Very well. And it’s hard for me after yesterday’s banquet. ” And she offered to have breakfast before going to the piano. I happily agreed. During breakfast, she asked: “Do you think it's so easy for me to compose songs? I need to go to the mountains with me. Well, I didn’t feel like a particularly climber, but I really felt the contact with the star. It was my first contact with a person of this level. During the conversation, we did not notice how we persuaded this bottle. Then I began to show her my songs.

Subsequently, Alla and I had many joint projects, and I got a huge buzz from this work, from her attitude to music. The most amazing impression was our first record - "Love is like a dream." It was written for my anniversary concert, for my 40th birthday. This cannot be forgotten. It was magic, mystery. The song was written not in phrases, not in pieces, it was created with a single attempt - can you imagine that ?! A backing track was played several times in a row. Allah listened. Silently lived the song inside. Emotions were so vividly reflected on her face that every word was read. Finally she said: “You can write. This double will remain!” And so it happened. It is this - the only (!) - record that is still played on all radio stations.

- You had creative tandems with many singers, and in terms of your personal life, your name was once stubbornly associated with Irina Allegrova.


- There was such a thing. Not in the sense of our romance with Ira, but in the sense of rumors on this topic. I remember that when meeting with my mother, my mother-in-law first of all asked: “So, Svetlana Semyonovna, did Igor have any kind of relationship with Allegrova?” It is unlikely that my mother, uninitiated in details, could give a clear answer, most likely, she said that I was generally chaste. (Laughs.) In this case, I tend to agree with her. Ira and I never had a close relationship. And the conversations started because we had been in contact with her for a long time - we worked together in an ensemble when she was not yet known, for almost a year we toured together with a program called “Unfinished Romance” and was a crazy success. And of course, I treat Ira very warmly, I talked with all her husbands.

- Speaking of mother-in-law, which one did you mean - the first or the second? You were married twice.

- The second one, of course. By the way, both of my mother-in-laws are from Leningrad, they have the same names and patronymics - Nina Nikolaevna. There must be something behind this coincidence, but I can't figure out what it is. The first time I married young, at the age of 25. Hasty marriage. He came on tour to St. Petersburg with the ensemble of the Nikolaev Regional Philharmonic. A friend of our bass player invited us to visit her Leningrad friend Lena. Met, met, I fell in love. Then we saw each other three more times, after which we got married.

I moved to Leningrad, but nothing worked out with the work, so when I was invited to collaborate with the Moscow orchestra, it was impossible to refuse. Lena exchanged her two-room apartment in Leningrad for a one-room apartment in Moscow, and we moved to the capital. In 1981, our son Kolka was born. But family life didn't get along. For my wife, I was a worthless loser, she did not see any prospects in my future, and she said: “You will never get on your feet and achieve nothing worthwhile.” I tried to convince her, I wanted her to believe in me, but to no avail - Lena went to another. (Chuckling.) Obviously, to a more promising one.

I was very worried, but gradually everything fell into place. But I had to communicate with Kolka with distortions. Everything was difficult. At first they isolated me from him, then, on the contrary, they gave my son at my full disposal, and he, the poor fellow, lived with me and with Sasha Serov on our rented apartment, dangled in the car on all my affairs. Thank you, sister Alla came and helped. And some time later, my son was taken away from me again.


Now Kolya and I are in constant contact, but I still have the feeling that I didn’t just dislike him at one time, but as if I didn’t give a lot. He is gifted musically, and being near me, of course, I could help him in this direction. But nothing, insured in another. son received a good education in business and management, worked in a large metallurgical company, now in an oil company. Everywhere in good standing. I am pleased to. And in his personal life, everything seems to be getting better: he meets a very good girl Yulia, she is in the flower business. Unfortunately, Colin's first marriage was unsuccessful, she and Natalia divorced, but Kolya treats her daughter, Christina, great. He's a great guy.

As life shows, time puts everything in its place. If Lena had not left me then, I would not have had a passion and I would hardly have achieved what I achieved. And I certainly would never have met Olga, in marriage with whom my adored Sasha was born. By the way, I also did not immediately, but only over time, appreciated this happiness. I dreamed of a boy, I wanted to name Jacob in honor of my father. By the way, I also hoped to give this name to my first-born, but they didn’t allow me ... In short, I was expecting a boy from Olya, ordered her to look like her, thought about him all the time, went over in every way: “Yashka, Yashka ...” And when Ultrasound showed that there will be a girl, I really had a shock. Stop, stop. I remember I got into the car and drove off aimlessly. Then for two days he walked around crippled, did not talk to anyone - he kept trying to get used to the idea that I would never have Yashka. I was then 49 years old. Been through real stress.

That's how stupid he was. Olya was even offended: “Maybe you don’t want a child at all?” Of course I wanted to. Just do not immediately get used to the fact. I wanted to have a boy with Olya who looked like her - just like her, handsome and smart. And a girl was born, and similar to me. (Laughs.) But now I am completely delighted with Sashenka. My daughter gave me new life, totally different feeling. She and I are not only incredibly similar in everything, we don’t just adore each other - we have some kind of special, unreal connection, although we live in different countries. It happens that she tells me on the phone: “I kiss the pipe from which I hear your voice ...” When we are together, I can admire her for hours. And you know, it is valuable for me not only that she looks like me, but also that she is surprisingly similar to my dad.


My father passed away very early: at the age of 53, he burned out from cancer, without finding any of my songs, or successes, or his grandchildren. Irreplaceable loss - I still miss him. So Sasha has exactly the same characteristic daddy's facial expressions, his half-smile. It seems to me that dad is from somewhere up there, from above, transmits signals to me through Sasha, reminds me of himself ... According to Olya, when I win cheap popularity from a child, I pamper my daughter too much, and she flogs and uses it to her advantage. Like, it’s enough to tell her: “Daddy, please…” - and I immediately soften, violating the order of life established by Olya. And I really don’t have a refusal for Sasha. But, to be honest, she does not demand anything, she is not capricious. Therefore, I do not see anything wrong with her inconceivable employment (and in addition to school, this is dancing, French, Russian, tennis, swimming, music) to pamper her a little.

- How soon after the divorce did you decide on a second marriage?

— 13 years later. I was 41 years old. Of course, I met with women - there were both short meetings, and long romances that I will never forget. But I did not see in any of my companions the one whom I would like to make my wife, from whom I would dream of having children. And in 1995, at some party in America, he met Olya and ... immediately fell for her. It turned out that long ago, back in 1990, after graduating from the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute, she left to work in America and quite succeeded there. By the way, at that time Olya had an official husband, although their marriage entered the final stage. Communication with this woman turned something in me. And soon I quite decisively - despite the fact that we had not yet had any personal relationship - proposed to her to marry me. The most incomprehensible thing was that she agreed. Although, it would seem, all the circumstances were against our marriage. Olga lived in America, I lived in Russia, and just during this period I had extremely serious financial problems: someone borrowed a large amount of money under my name and disappeared, and for four years I had to repay other people's debts. I could lose everything in the world - not only money, but also creative prospects, and most importantly - my good name. Therefore, we had to specifically fight for survival. I honestly told Olga about all this. And he warned: “You should know: if I manage to get out, we can live in two countries. But if not, you will have to move to Moscow.” Surprisingly, this did not stop her - successful, wealthy. And I was terribly nervous.

- Did you build a relationship with Olga's daughter for a long time?

- Vika at that time was a 10-year-old teenager and met me rather unfriendly - she bristled, burst into tears, made a scandal. Out of fear, I immediately retreated, leaving the girl alone with her mother. But gradually we got together, became friends,

and Vika began to perceive me as a father, but for me she is just a daughter. The girl even wanted to take my last name. I am amazed when I hear stories about how men do not develop relationships with the children of the women they love. What problems? If you love a woman, love her child, and he will reach out to you. I always helped Vika as best I could, supported her in everything, but I like one feature in her: she solves all her problems on her own, relying on herself. She graduated from the New York University faculty of public relations, she is trying to make herself known in music - she herself recorded an album in America. Let's see what happens, but I would like her to have some more stable profession. And of course, that she was happy in her personal life. Now everything seems to be moving towards this: Vika is going to marry a nice guy.

- And how is your family life going, without conflicts?

- Well, why, we normal people. Sometimes we quarrel, but infrequently and not for long. But to smithereens. According to the horoscope, I'm a Leo, which means I'm domineering, stubborn, explosive. And although quick-witted, I explode at the moment, like dynamite. And my wife is also not a weak ten - Sagittarius. Marks directly, without curtsies. Truth-lover unthinkable, and cuts the truth-womb. Like Khazanov's parrot, shouting: "In the zoo, the tiger is not given enough meat!" So Olya and I have enough reasons to slam doors. Fortunately, all these collisions occur over trifles. Yes, and they rarely happen - we mostly live apart: I'm here, Olya and Sasha are in America. We communicate for a long time only twice a year - in winter in New York and in Miami and in summer in Monte Carlo. Well, sometimes, if the opportunity arises, we visit each other for a short while, having managed to get bored.

- That is, everything in your life is really okay, you ride like cheese in butter. Usually such people are envious. And you?

- How can you find out that you are envied? Envious people do not come with a report about their envy. It seems to me that you can understand that it exists and is aimed specifically at you only by being in critical situation. There have been such moments in my life. For example, just at the time when I suddenly started having serious financial problems both in business and in creativity. On the other hand, persecution was literally announced against me - in full, with searches, deputy requests. They were accused of all mortal sins, of which they just did not suspect! I thought I wouldn't wash. It was embarrassing to look into the eyes of children. I couldn't bring myself to go to the piano. And this nightmare lasted for four years. Oh, how many people, it would seem, close, reliable, then turned away from me. How many specifically betrayed!

Well, or another episode - when I had to do a complicated operation on the pancreas in America. I did not have time to cross the threshold of the hospital, and in Russia I was already “buried”. Instantly. They called my relatives - my mother, sister - and asked in which cemetery I would rest. Friends later told me with what undisguised gloating some reported about my imminent death ... It is hard, of course, to be disappointed in people, but you can survive it. I used to be nervous about it, freaked out, but now I don't give a damn. Envy? Well, the flag is in their hands. So, there is something.


I envy myself too. Well, the truth is, I have an incredibly happy biography. In the most daring childhood and youthful dreams, it was impossible for a boy from the Ukrainian regional center to get closer to what happened in reality. Well, could I imagine that I would perform to applause at the most prestigious venues in the world, that my concert would be sold out even in the 18,000-seat Madison Square Garden in New York?! That I will be personally acquainted with the most interesting and talented people planets, with heads of state, great world-class creators - famous musicians, outstanding poets, artists, directors? That my songs will be sung by the best performers in the country and will be broadcast by radio and television to an audience of millions?! That I will do joint programs and record albums with such brilliant stars as Lara Fabian?! In the end, that I can fly not just “like to my home”, but specifically to my home - to Miami, to New York, to Monaco? .. Yes, I actually got lucky in my life. Highly. For some reason, God encouraged me by arranging the stars in my favor. And, if you slightly change the title of my song, my story could be called "life is like a dream." (With a smile.) Although there is also love, like a dream, in it too.

Igor Krutoy

Family: wife - Olga Krutaya; son (from his first marriage) - Nikolai (33 years old), manager in oil company; daughters - Victoria (28 years old), singer, PR manager, Alexandra (10 years old); granddaughter (daughter of Nikolai) - Christina (3 years old)

Education: graduated from the Kirovograd Musical College, conductor-choir department of the Nikolaev Pedagogical Institute. Belinsky, Saratov Conservatory. Sobinova

Career: worked as an accordion teacher in a village school, a musician in a restaurant, in the ensemble of Valentina Tolkunova, an arranger and accompanist in the Melodiya company. The composer is the author of instrumental music and popular songs, including: "Madonna", "You Love Me", "Love Like a Dream", "Unfinished Romance". Film music composer. Music Producer, President of ARS Company

Olga Krutaya was born on November 11, 1963 in St. Petersburg. 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 could show off in branded dresses inaccessible to her peers, the strictest 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 parents is not unlimited, and in 1982 Olga amazed 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 his daughter with 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 break between the spouses in 1989.

Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy experienced separation from his wife when he met Olga. At that time she lived in America and was married. They met at a banquet after the concert. Concert with Russian celebrities took place in Atlantic City. Olga came to the banquet with friends, where she met Igor Yakovlevich. The acquaintance was so fleeting that Olga did not even know who he was. Igor did not come to the banquet alone either, they just ended up at neighboring tables. The beauty of the neighbor on the table struck Igor Yakovlevich. Krutoy did not forget Olga and called her a month later, once again in America. An affair began between them, which ended in a wedding two years later.

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, relations between the spouses developed extremely harmoniously. Olga convinced her husband to lead healthy lifestyle life and regularly visit the gym, became his image maker, and most importantly, his inspiration. She was dedicated to such Krutoy songs as the unconditional wedding hit "I love you to tears", the romantic "Palma de Mallorca" and many other unfading compositions. Igor managed to fix warm relationship with Olga's daughter Victoria, over time he adopted the girl, and she began to bear his last name.

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 of which she created in collaboration with the French perfumer Nejla Barbir. This Russian brand, which is made in France, is called "OKKIi", made up of the initials of a married couple, and is already on sale at TSUM and Douglas Rivoli. The brand's line includes four original fragrances - one for men, Opus pour Homme, and three for women of different ages.

When appearing at social events, Igor and Olga Kruty always attract attention. The past years have not affected Olga's appearance - she does not change her hair color and hairstyle, she is still slim and beautiful, she knows how to choose and effectively wear clothes of expensive brands. As for family relations Olga and Igor, then, by their mutual recognition, over the past twenty years they have only become stronger.

Composer and producer Igor Krutoy in the circles of Russian show business gained fame as a stubborn, tough and harsh man. They say that only in front of one person Igor loses all his hardness, becomes white and fluffy. This is his wife, Olga Krutaya. She, in turn, is surprised: “Yes, but it seems to me that he listens to anyone, but not me.”

Wayward girl from a good family

Olga Krutaya was born on November 11, 1963 in Leningrad, in the family of a party functionary and a housewife. She received a very strict upbringing, at seven o'clock she was at home, while her peers walked until nine. The right to wear jeans defended only at the age of seventeen. After school, Olga entered the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics, graduating with success.

At the age of 19, she, quite unexpectedly for her parents, got married and gave birth to a daughter, Victoria.. The marriage, for reasons that Olga refuses to disclose, turned out to be unsuccessful, and Olga was left alone with a little girl in her arms.

Meanwhile, in the country there were big changes, fell iron curtain borders have opened. The girl, who had lived in a privileged position since childhood, revealed a desire to go abroad to visit her friend. It was 1991.

She did not return from her trip. She just called her parents and said that she was staying in the USA. Six months later, she took her daughter with her. In America, Olga worked a little as a model, without much enthusiasm.

By her own admission, the decision to stay in the United States was dictated by the desire to create Better conditions for your child, because at that time it was restless in the homeland.

She married a wealthy American of Russian origin, but does not like to remember this marriage. This can be unpleasant for the husband, she explains. In general, Olga's entire personal life is categorically not advertised to the cool. It was as if she had no personal life. As if Igor is her first man.

Fateful meeting

Igor cool himself also considers his wife main woman in life. In the first marriage, in which the master had a son, the producer was not happy. The wife could not endure the material difficulties that most people inevitably face. creative profession at the beginning of the journey. As a result, she found another and the family broke up.

After that, Igor went to bachelors for 15 years. He saw Olga by chance, in 1994 in Atlantic City, where he arrived with a large company of Russian artists: Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev, Laima Vaikule, Irina Allegrova, Lev Leshchenko ... Igor Krutoy recalls: "The head turned 180 degrees, and it remained so."

He was struck by the beauty of Olga, who at that time was married. The acquaintance did not continue, since it was fleeting, and Olga did not know at all what kind of person he was. Incidentally, recognition real fame came to Krutoy just in the first years of his marriage to Olga.

On his next visit to America, Krutoy found a beauty who struck his imagination. And on the third date he proposed. When you live on different continents, no time for long romantic games. Olga immediately agreed, as the feelings were very strong.

Interesting Notes:

An unofficial honeymoon (at that time Olga was still officially married) was held in Miami.

The song "I love you to tears" was written by Krutoy during a period of strong love, and was originally called "Olenka". For the first time, Olga appeared to the general public in the video "Palma de Mallorca", and many viewers remembered the exquisite beauty, not yet knowing that she was the wife of the author of the song.

Love across the ocean

After the wedding, little has changed - Olga remained to live in the USA, and Krutoy worked in Moscow, where his work suddenly became incredibly in demand. Cool provided his beloved wife and stepdaughter, and a little later, and own daughter Alexandra has a very comfortable life.

His beloved girls live either in Miami, or in Spain, or in Monaco, and do not need anything.. In Miami, for example, in the Fisher Island area, the Krutyhs have a magnificent apartment. The island itself is famous for its unique security: “Try to lose your wallet - they will bring it to you in half an hour,” says Olga.

Around dozens of tennis courts, golf courses, pink flamingos and other attributes luxurious life. In this area, you can meet stars of the first magnitude without any protection, Olga even ran into Bill Clinton on the street once.

Olga's eldest daughter, Vika, has been involved in music since childhood, and tried herself as a singer. Now she is married and has already given birth to a daughter, a granddaughter for her beloved mother.

Alexandra also shows interest in music. Olga herself has been in the perfume business since 2011. Her goal is to create the first Russian perfume brand, but entirely made in France. Everything - the bottle, technology, raw materials, production, must be "Made in Franse".

Igor Krutoy is one of the most popular Russian and Ukrainian composers, also known as a music producer, TV producer and singer.

Igor is the founder of the two most popular projects "New Wave" and "Children's New Wave", co-owner of the Muz-TV channel and radio stations "Taxi FM" and "Love Radio", was the producer of the fourth "Star Factory".

Childhood

Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy is from Ukraine, was born in the city of Gayvoron, Kirovograd region, on July 29, 1954.

His family was far from art - his father, Yakov Aleksandrovich, was a freight forwarder at the factory, and his mother, Svetlana Semyonovna, was at first a laboratory assistant at the sanitary and epidemiological station, but after the birth of her daughter Alla, she left work and devoted herself entirely to the family and household.

In childhood

From childhood, the boy showed an extraordinary talent for music. Then Svetlana Semyonovna took her son to a music school. At school, the boy also became known as a star - at children's matinees, Igor accompanied the choir on the button accordion, and already in the sixth grade he organized his own ensemble, which he successfully led.

After graduation, Igor had to decide on future profession, then his mother advised him to try to enter a music school. But in order to pass the entrance exams, one had to learn how to play the piano. Therefore, the young man postponed admission for one year and mastered a new instrument all year.

Way to success

In 1970, the young man entered the Kirovograd Musical College in the theoretical department. After graduating with honors, the musician decided to apply to the Kyiv Conservatory, but his efforts were unsuccessful.

In young age

The musician taught for a year at a music school in hometown, after that he entered the Nikolaev Musical and Pedagogical Institute as a conductor. At the same time, the young man got a job as a waiter in a restaurant, where he met pop singer. Then Igor begins to write songs to the star.

In 1979, Igor received a job offer from the Panorama concert orchestra in Moscow, which was impossible to refuse. There, Vladimir Migulya became a colleague of the musician, after a while Igor moved to the Blue Guitars VIA. In 1981, a gifted musician was invited to the ensemble as a pianist, where the young man very quickly became the leader.

In 1986, the young man entered the Saratov Conservatory as a composer, but after a year of study he took his documents.

The year 1987 can rightly be called a turning point in Krutoy's career - then his song "Madonna" was released, written for a friend of Alexander Serov. The success of the composer was consolidated by the compositions “You Love Me”, “Wedding Music” and “How to be”. They became interested in cooperation with the composer, and more whole list pop stars.

Producer activity

Krutoy began producing in 1989, when he became the artistic director of the ARS Youth Center. After 9 years, he rose to the position of president of the company. In this position, the producer managed to make ARS the largest concert and production organization in Russia.

The credibility of this firm is unimaginable, everything more stars wanted to cooperate with her and hired her to organize their concerts. At one time, the company organized concerts in Russia for Michael Jackson and José Carerras. ARS also produced the programs Morning Mail, Song of the Year, Good Morning, Country!, and Sound Track, which had incredible success with the public.

Since 1994, Igor Yakovlevich, together with ARS, began to organize his own creative evenings, at which famous celebrities and aspiring singers performed.

The first creative evenings were held at the Moscow Operetta Theater and were dedicated to the fortieth anniversary of Krutoy.

This event has become very popular not only in Russia, but also far beyond its borders: the evenings were a success in the CIS countries, America, Germany and Israel.

Igor Krutoy also releases his own songs. On the this moment More than one disc by Igor Krutoy has been released. In 2000, the composer released the album Without Words.

Scandal with Channel One

Since 2003, Igor has been persona non grata for Channel One. For several years, Krutoy's songs did not appear on this channel, the famous "New Wave" and "Song of the Year" disappeared from the air. Everything was to blame for the events that occurred after the TV project "Star Factory-4". The show's low ratings made the CEO very angry.

Then he got angry with Igor Krutoy, who undertook to produce some people from the Factory, although this was not provided for in the First Channel contract.

Then Krutoy was given an ultimatum - the producer must provide the channel with half of the program of the New Wave and Song of the Year competitions, as well as give the air of the Muz TV channel to Channel One. The producer disagreed. As a result, the conflict was resolved only after a few years.

During this time, Krutoy still had to sell 75% of the shares of the Muz TV channel to Alisher Usmanov. As Igor himself says in an interview, due to constant harassment, apathy began in him, he did not want to create and release something. Therefore, during the conflict with the First, the producer did not release or write anything. However, not only problems with the TV channel then pursued Igor Krutoy.

Health problems

Shortly before the conflict, the musician became seriously ill. Domestic doctors with a pancreatic cyst could not do anything and just shrugged. Then the composer decided to go to the States for the operation. In New York, Igor underwent a complex operation, after which he seemed to be born again.

Upon learning of this, the press quickly spread the news of the composer's imminent death and shocked the public a lot. As Igor says, after the operation, relatives and friends began to call him, asking in which cemetery he would be buried.

Personal life of Igor Krutoy

With his first wife, Elena Krutoy, Igor met in Leningrad. Immediately after three days, Igor invited Elena to marry him, she agreed. The lovers met in 1979, two years later their first-born son Nikolai was born. But soon the couple broke up - Elena left Igor and even for some time forbade seeing their common son.

She introduced the composer to her second wife, Olga Krutoy, at the celebration of the New Year in New York. At that time, the girl already had a husband and daughter, and Igor was having a hard time parting with his first wife.

With his second wife Olga

But a month after a fleeting acquaintance, Igor again flew to America and invited Olga to meet. The woman agreed and a romance broke out between the composer and the American businesswoman. Two years later, the lovers played luxury wedding, which was attended by many stars of the national stage.

The couple have a common daughter, Alexandra. Sasha was born in 2003 in America. The composer loves his daughter from Olga immensely and often attends public events with her. At the moment, lovers live on different continents.

With wife and children

Wife Olga lives in New Jersey, and Igor spends more time working in Moscow, but the distance does not affect their relationship. The couple still love each other and often fly between countries to see each other.

Krutoy also has grandchildren - son Nikolai had daughters Christina and Margarita, and stepdaughter Vika gave birth to Igor's granddaughter Demi-Rose in 2015.

Cool now

AT recent times The media too often talk about the health of the pop master. Yes and appearance Igor Yakovlevich causes concern among his fans - there is no that pomp in the body, Krutoy has lost weight. In fact, according to the artist's relatives, his health corresponds to his age - there is nothing to worry about, but the condition should be kept under control.

And the fact that Igor Krutoy threw off a few kilograms is not due to the fact that he has been credited with oncological diseases for several years now, but with diabetes. Diabetes mellitus, as everyone knows, requires strict dieting. Igor Yakovlevich diligently fulfills such a diet and feels great. In addition, he regularly goes in for sports, which, as he himself believes, only benefited him.