Igor Yakovlevich is cool. Igor Krutoy: biography, personal life, family, wife, children - photo. Career path of Igor Krutoy

Composer Igor Krutoy, one of the founders of the “New Wave” in Jurmala and music producer"Star Factory-4" reveals the secret of success: from accordion to people's artist.

Igor Krutoy was born on July 29, 1954. He spent his childhood in the Ukrainian town of Gayvoron, the regional center of the Kirovograd region.

Alina Kabaeva:
What did you dream about as a child?

Igor Krutoy:
I wanted to be a driver. When I was two years old, I was given some kind of accordion, but still, since childhood, I did not perceive music as a profession. Well, what kind of profession is this? My dad worked at a radio factory, he died very early - at 53 years old. Mom recently turned 75 years old; she worked as a laboratory assistant at the sanitary and epidemiological station, then worked at the same radio plant. He practically got married like me - early. He saw his mother at a dance, took her home once and proposed. He was decisive.

Igor had two favorite things in life: football and cars. All the walls in the room were covered with football players and newspaper clippings. His younger sister walked completely in his footsteps. To this day, he is the highest authority for her.

Alla Barata, sister:
We were very friendly since childhood. He is the most dear and beloved person to me. He is my girlfriend and my friend. He did a lot for me.

Alina Kabaeva:
Did your parents have anything to do with music?

Igor Krutoy:
My father played the accordion a little. He was the first to notice that, having heard a song on the radio, I could repeat it on the button accordion. Then he bought me my own button accordion. I was about 5-6 years old when I was already playing. I couldn't be seen from behind the button accordion. I was asked to accompany the school choir. When I was in 5th grade, we opened a dance floor. We formed an ensemble and I started playing the accordion.

Alina Kabaeva:
When did you first sit down at the piano?

Igor Krutoy:
After I started playing the accordion, at that time “Ionika-10” came to the House of Culture according to orders. This was the first electric instrument. I started playing this instrument, I wiped every key after every rehearsal. We already had a saxophone and trumpet in the ensemble. After 7th grade, my mother took me to the regional music school. They told my mom that I have absolute pitch, but I don’t know a damn thing, and if I learn to play the piano in a year, they’ll take me to the theoretical department. I coped with this task. I graduated from college with honors. Since the sixth grade, I managed to play the button accordion, so I contributed money to the family budget.

Svetlana Semyonovna Krutaya, mother:
There was a moment when he wanted to quit music school, but I didn’t let him. He made money from this, but I never thought that this would become his profession.

After graduation music school Igor Krutoy entered the conducting and choral department of the Nikolaev Music and Pedagogical Institute. Along with his studies, he worked part-time in a restaurant with his friend Alexander Serov - Serov sang, Krutoy played.

Alina Kabaeva:
When did you move to work in Moscow, and how did the capital greet you?

Igor Krutoy:
The capital did not greet me very warmly; somehow I could not immediately find a job.

Alexander Serov:
It was quite difficult to get hooked on in such a huge city as Moscow even in the 80s.

Igor Krutoy:
By this time, the chief administrator of the theater called. Lenin Komsomol, they needed to put together a group to travel with Evgeniy Pavlovich Leonov. Thus, we moved to Moscow and rented an apartment at the River Station.

Alina Kabaeva:
How was it like working with Evgeny Pavlovich Leonov?

Igor Krutoy:
He took me so that he would have the opportunity to rest, he gave me the nickname Migulya and said: “Go, Migulya, play something, while I rest!” Then I brought Sasha Serov into this party. We, two young and unknown guys, wanted to make money, went with Palych and performed “Belorussky Station”. He said: “I starred in the film “Belorussky Station”, and now my young colleagues (it was Serov and I) will perform a song from this film.” Then we sang some of our own songs, so Leonov could relax.

In 1989 for outstanding services in the field musical art Igor Krutoy was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize. In many ways, this recognition was facilitated by Alexander Sery’s album “Madonna,” whose composer was Krutoy.

Igor Krutoy:
We owe each other equally. It was an unexpected success because I worked with different performers as a pianist and as an arranger. I tried myself as a composer, but it was terribly difficult, because only members of the Union of Composers could release records and be broadcast on TV. After “Madonna” Sasha broke out, all the women in the country were dying for him, they wrote such letters...

Alexander Serov:
This song was not for television or for radio, but it flashed and flashed and flashed that the people simply fell in love with it. Today there are a lot of representatives, when they are nowhere to be found, but they gather full houses.

Alina Kabaeva:
Which artists do you write songs for, and who else would you like to write for?

Igor Krutoy:
It’s a sin for me to complain, because I wrote for almost everyone best artists. And these songs became popular.

It’s difficult to even list all of Krutoy’s hits; some of them can be heard by those lucky people who manage to get to Igor Krutoy’s always sold-out and creative evenings. The composer has been holding these meetings since 1994 and brings together truly super-star performers.

Alina Kabaeva:
Who do you consult with when in doubt?

Igor Krutoy:
Having written every song, I doubt it until last minute I have a feeling that this is not it. But then, when the recording ends and the song comes out, I already understand that this is not so much a hit, but just a wonderful song. I have in Lately The songs became hits even without promotion.

Since 1989, Igor Krutoy has not only written songs, but also been involved in production activities. His company "ARS" has grown into one of the largest production organizations. It was thanks to Igor Krutoy that the famous “Song of the Year” found a rebirth.

Alina Kabaeva:
Are you more of a producer or a composer at the moment?

Igor Krutoy:
In 1991, the “Song of the Year” project was closed, but thanks to our persistence, the USSR State Television and Radio went to restore this project, then we started producing it, but this does not mean that I was alone, other talented guys worked with me, They worked there all the time, and I was just a highlighted face. I'm more of a composer.

Igor Krutoy:
I had a youth period - this is “Star Factory-4”. Thanks to the guys I took there, Domenik Joker and Timati, perhaps a direction appeared in the country - R"n"B. In terms of the number of hits and artists that turned out, this factory was luckier. She turned out good in human terms too. We're all still friends.

Domenic Joker:
Right away I treated Igor Yakovlevich as a Guru, then I began to take him very seriously as a musician.

Irina Dubtsova:
At the castings for “Star Factory,” Igor Krutoy sat among the jury members. Out of fear, I sang worse than I could, and I looked worse too, he looked at me very sternly. Then, when I was hired for the project, in some personal conversation he told me: “I didn’t want to take you right away, but then something changed in my head, and I decided: I have to take you.” Since then, this master has been my main mentor.

A serious and successful person, Igor Krutoy has an excellent sense of humor. At the festival " New wave“An unusual rap number performed by the duo Igor Krutoy and Raymond Pauls was born in Jurmala.

Igor Krutoy:
Traditionally, we go out with Raymond, say some words, discover Jurmala, but despite being 73 years old, he is a restless person. Domenic Joker wrote poetry for us, Timati gave us rapper clothes, and that’s how we went on stage.

Igor Krutoy organized music Festival"Children's New Wave".

Igor Krutoy:
Everything related to children is terribly pleasant and terribly touching. I think this will be a successful and long-lasting project. For the guys who performed in the first “children’s wave”, we somehow help them more, we film them in different television projects. There are more talented people on the “children's wave” than on the adult wave.

Igor Krutoy:
IN last years I couldn't find an artist to write for, I for a long time was silent, and going into popular instrumental music was for me a way out of this situation, because stars the size of Pugacheva will not appear in the near future. Now I'm working on projects on the one hand and Lara Fabian on the other. She will sing my two new songs, for which she wrote poems. And the project, which is already at the finish line, is a joint project with Dmitry Hvorostovsky. This will be uncharacteristic music for me in the style of crossover, lounge. There will be a double album of 24 tracks in Italian, French, Russian.

Alina Kabaeva:
At what point in your life did you feel successful person?

Igor Krutoy:
I still don’t feel it until now. For some, success is the material side. For me, success is only creativity. If today you wrote what is in demand and what you like, you are cool, but tomorrow you don’t write it - in your passport you are cool, but in your work you are not.

Family for Igor Krutoy is the most important thing in life. Although Igor's wife Olga and daughter live in the USA for more than a month, they never leave. For 15 years now they have been living in two houses, flying across the ocean.

Alina Kabaeva:
How did you meet and how did you realize that this was your woman?

Igor Krutoy:
We met her in New York. When I saw her for the first time, she was unattainable for me. Then we found ourselves in the same company and were introduced to each other. I have 2 weeks left and I said: “Let’s get married,” she said: “Let’s go.”

Olga Krutaya, wife of Igor Krutoy:
Some kind of human warmth emanated from Igor, and I felt good human attitude. Since this all started.

Krutoy’s eldest children, Nikolai and Victoria, are already quite independent people, Igor continues to help them and takes part in their fate, but he pays the greatest attention to his youngest daughter Sasha.

Alina Kabaeva:
Where do you see little Sasha in the future?

Igor Krutoy:
Now she can draw well, but then she is a terrible clothes maker; she inherited this from her mother. From what I see now, I can say that she can realize herself as a designer. I don’t see her as a musician yet.

Alina Kabaeva:
How are you raising her?

Igor Krutoy:
She only listens to me. When she was here and playing in the yard, she came home and said: “A girl told me that you are a composer. This is true?"

Alina Kabaeva:
What is the secret of Igor Krutoy’s success?

Igor Krutoy:
The fact is that I really walk on earth. All my troubles were due to the fact that I set the bar too high for myself.

He is not shy to learn, listen to advice and comments.

Having become a successful person, Igor Krutoy pays great attention to and helps talented children. Thanks to him Russian show business rises to the level of the world music scene.

Igor Krutoy is a Russian composer, singer and producer. Owner of company ARS, TV channel Muz TV, radio stations "Love-radio", X-FM And "Radio Dacha", founder of the festival "New wave" in Jurmala, producer of the show “Star Factory - 4”.

Achievements Igor Krutoy in modern Russian music show business one can paint endlessly. He has authored more than three hundred compositions for stars. national stage: Alla Pugacheva, Joseph Kobzon, Philip Kirkorov, Alexander Serov, Laima Vaikule, Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Lara Fabian and others.

Composer Igor Krutoy is the holder of the title of People's Artist of Russia and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

Childhood of Igor Krutoy

Igor Krutoy born on July 29, 1954 in Gayvoron, Kirovograd region, in the family of Yakov Krutoy, a freight forwarder at the Radiodetal city plant, and Svetlana Krutoy, laboratory assistant at the sanitary and epidemiological station. In 1959, Igor Yakovlevich had a sister, Alla.

The musical abilities of the future composer were evident from childhood. In 1974, he graduated with honors from the theoretical department of the Kirovograd Music School, and a year later Igor Krutoy entered the Nikolaev Music Pedagogical Institute at the conducting department, working as a button accordion teacher in his free time from studies in his hometown.

“My life is crazy. I, a boy from the Ukrainian regional center of Gayvoron, made my way, entered the circle of such people, my songs were sung best singers countries, my concerts sold out the largest halls in the world, including the 18,000-seat Madison Square Garden. Perhaps the stars somehow aligned in my favor.”

The creative path of Igor Krutoy

In 1979, Igor Krutoy was invited to the Moscow concert orchestra"Panorama", where he performed with Leonid Smetannikov, Vladimir Miguley And Poladom Bulbul ogly. In 1980, Krutoy worked at VIA “ Blue guitars" In 1981, Krutoy received an offer to work as a pianist for Valentina Tolkunova, but almost immediately he became the leader of the ensemble famous singer. At the same time, the composer tours with Evgeniy Leonov.

In 1986 Igor Krutoy entered the composition department of the Saratov Conservatory named after L.V. Sobinova. Creative activity began with the advent of the VIA team "Blue guitars", and in 1987 Steep wrote a song "Madonna" for my old friend Alexandra Serova. It was a resounding success: a television festival "Song of the year" called this composition the best.

In 1989, Igor Krutoy became artistic director production center ARS. Today it is one of the largest Russian concert and production companies. She has organized performances Jose Carerosa in 1995 and Michael Jackson in 1996. Among the artists of ARS Records: Alexander Buinov, Boris Moiseev, Diana Gurtskaya, Irina Dubtsova and others.

“All my colleagues have been in business for a long time. Laima makes creams and sells some women's stuff. Kobzon, it seemed to me, was generally in big business. Valera Meladze is a member of the bank's board of directors. And only me is considered a businessman. Why is that? But I only work in the music field. My interests include television production, radio stations, competitions, awards...”

Igor Krutoy’s albums with instrumental music “Without Words” were released twice.

In 2004, composer Igor Krutoy produced the fourth episode of the popular reality show “Star Factory”.

“Factories” are incubators with their own ceiling, above which you cannot jump. In captivity, talent will not manifest itself. That’s why I gave the guys at my “Factory” a lot of freedom. There was such revelry there, even sex under cameras. I don't see anything wrong with this. For young people, sex is like going to the toilet. Now everything is much simpler. The guys, due to my conflict with Channel One, received a serious kick at the start of their artistic biography. Piekha and Larina got out the easiest. They betrayed me. Now I think that if I had not had this conflict, almost all the “manufacturers” would have been superstars. That’s how I selected them.”

In January 2017 it became known that Igor Krutoy became one of the mentors of the project “You are super!” "on the NTV channel. Participants vocal competition became pupils of boarding schools, orphanages, as well as children from foster families. Krutoy’s colleagues on the show were singers Margarita Sukhankina and Yolka. Even before the start of the project, its creators announced that the finalists of “You’re Super!” will perform at the children's “New Wave”, and will also take part in the production of the musical “Republic of SHKID”.

In March 2019, the third season of the project “” started on the NTV channel. Igor Krutoy became a mentor to the contestants along with and singer Yolka.

Personal life of Igor Krutoy

Sister of Igor Yakovlevich Alla in 1992 she married an American of Italian origin, took his surname Baratta and moved to the USA. In 1997, she began working on television in Philadelphia, then on the Russian-language satellite channel RTVi, where for 13 years she hosted the Sunday program “Vis-Avis”, whose guests were: Mstislav Rostropovich, Ernst Neizvestny, Evgeny Yevtushenko, Alexey Yagudin, Oleg Kalugin, Rudy Giuliani, Alla Pugacheva and many others. Currently, on the TV and Radio Broadcasting Company “Ukraine” he hosts the “Welcome” program, also dedicated to meetings with celebrities.

The first wife of Igor Krutoy in 1979 was Elena from St. Petersburg, who gave the composer a son in 1981 Nicholas. In 2010, a daughter, Christina, was born into the family of Krutoy Jr., and in 2016, Margarita.

In 1995, Igor Krutoy married for the second time. Wife of Igor Krutoy Olga lives in New Jersey with their daughter Sasha(born in 2001). When famous musician proposed to Olga, he was very worried that he would have to live in two countries, but today this does not bother the couple at all.

"Our family life Mostly it takes place on airplanes: first Olya flies to me, then I fly to her, we spend a vacation together in Europe.”

Eldest son Igor Krutoy from his first marriage Nikolay works in a Moscow metallurgical company, and her stepdaughter Victoria(born 1985) studies at New York University drama school. In the summer of 2014, Victoria got married. Wedding celebration They arranged it twice, and it was Igor Krutoy who led Vika down the aisle.

Igor Krutoy: “Yes, I agree, now my surname is somewhat iconic, but before, in childhood and adolescence, I was very embarrassed by it. Still, she is quite unusual, they made fun of her, teased me. But when my songs began to be heard on the radio, on television, when success came to Sasha Serov, who performed them and was loved by all women, I, in some incomprehensible way, took off with him. People became interested in the personality of the composer with strange surname, and, as they say, the process has begun...”

Winter 2019 64-year-old Igor Krutoy surprised fans with his youthful look (in a sweatshirt, dark jeans and a baseball cap with the visor turned backwards) and with how extreme he lost weight. The producer starred in the video “ Steep", in which the young singer jokes that he is "cool like Igor Krutoy." The video has received over 10 million views on YouTube.

Discography of Igor Krutoy

Confession. Songs of Igor Krutoy, EP, 1986.

Alexander Serov, Madonna, LP, 1987.

Alexander Serov, I'm crying, LP, 1991.

Sisters Rose, How is it in Russia? CD/CC, 1992.

Collection of songs by Igor Krutoy, Starfall CD/CC, 1994.

Collection of songs by Igor Krutoy, Love Like a Dream CD/CC, 1995.

Arkady Arkanov, Arkanov-Krutoy, 1995.

Irina Allegrova, I will part the clouds with my hands... CD/CC, 1996.

Vadim Baykov, Queen of my dreams CD/CC, 1996.

Songs by composer Igor Krutoy, Part 1 CD/CC, 1997.

Songs by composer Igor Krutoy, Part 2 CD/CC, 1997.

Alexander Buynov, Love Islands CD/CC, 1997.

Irina Allegrova, Unfinished novel CD/CC, 1998.

Mikhail Shufutinsky, Once Upon a Time in America CD/CC, 1998.

Songs by composer Igor Krutoy, Part 3 CD/CC, 1998.

Songs by composer Igor Krutoy, Part 4 CD/CC, 1998.

Valery Leontyev, Rope Dancer CD/CC, 1999.

Rose Sisters, You Are Me CD/CC, 1998.

Laima Vaikule, Latin Quarter CD/CC, 1998.

Alexander Buinov, My finances sing romances CD/CC, 1998.

Songs by composer Igor Krutoy, Part 5 CD/CC, 1999.

Igor Krutoy, Without Words, Part One CD/CC, 2000.

Igor Krutoy, Friends and Songs, DVD/VHS, 2000.

Creative evening I. Krutoy in the State CD DVD/VHS, 2001.

Songs by composer Igor Krutoy, Part 6 CD/CC, 2001.

The Snow Queen, soundtrack New Year's musical CD/DVD/VHS, 2003.

Igor Krutoy, Without Words, Part Two CD, 2004.

Igor Krutoy, The Best, Part One CD, 2004.

Once in a lifetime it happens... 50, Creative evening of Igor Krutoy DVD/VHS, 2004.

Igor Krutoy, What the pianist is playing about DVD/VHS, 2006.

Igor Krutoy, Without Words, Part Three CD, 2007.

Igor Krutoy, The Best, Part Two CD, 2008.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky and Igor Krutoy, Deja Vu, 2 CD + DVD, 2009.

Lara Fabian and Igor Krutoy, Mademoiselle Jivago, CD, 2010.

Igor Krutoy, Without words, Parts four and five 2 CD, 2012.

For a decade and a half now Igor Cool lives for two houses. He has his favorite job in Moscow. Well, for example, compare the song of the small-town Jew Igor Krutoy “Acapulco a-yay-yay-yay” with the old Soviet song"Samara, town."

Perhaps the reason for this was an unsuccessful first marriage, which broke up before Igor managed to become rich and famous. At the first opportunity, Krutoy and his wife moved to Moscow, where he was invited to a low-paying but permanent job in the Panorama concert orchestra. The search for “other” dragged on for many years. Only after 40, when Krutoy was already a successful author, did he finally have luck in his personal life. Alla Pugacheva found a bride for the lonely maestro.

Photo: Igor Krutoy

The former citizen of the USSR has long and firmly settled in New York; her daughter Vika studied at a school there. And Igor became attached to Moscow. Two years after the operation, Igor and Olga had a daughter, Sasha. "We live in different countries. Wife Olga. She is engaged in business, acts as an image maker and producer for her husband. Inspired Krutoy to write hits “I love you to tears”, “Hurdy Organ”. These are surnames in the family of which the first bearers could not have been Jews in principle.

It was the Diva who introduced Igor to businesswoman Olga, inviting them both to meet New Year at a company in New York. She looks a lot like my father. Dad passed away early - at 53 years old. For me this is a huge, irreparable loss.

In music this may not be as obvious as in cinema and other forms, but the action is much stronger, we just don’t always notice it. Music is a powerful weapon. Whether someone wants it or not, music controls all human emotions. On the contrary, the names of the revolutionary Sverdlov and the American politician Kissinger are Jewish.

Of course, there are also surnames that are obviously non-Jewish. A Jew who hides his origin, living under a pseudonym or the surname of one of his non-Jewish ancestors or his wife, even his former one (Dolina - Kudelman, Pugacheva - Pevzner).

The successful composer, head of the largest production center "ARS", is constantly surrounded by accomplished singers and aspiring starlets. The composer fell in love at first sight. We haven’t had any relationship yet, but I’ve already made an offer.

Journalists called the composer’s mother and sister, wondering in which cemetery he would be buried. In fact, the master of the hit was really on the verge of death. And when I fly to New York, I can watch Sasha for hours,” the composer smiles. Father Yakov Aleksandrovich (1927-1980) worked as a dispatcher at the plant.

Biography of Igor Krutoy and personal life

Daughter Victoria (adopted, from Olga’s first marriage). Daughter Sasha (from marriage with Olga). He has been celebrating his birthday for many years in a row at a festival in Jurmala. Music plays a big role in people's lives. Music can relieve stress. Approximately 90 percent of the current composition of the “Russian” scene are Jews (not to be confused with Jews by religion). Finally, there are surnames, among whose bearers the overwhelming majority are of non-Jewish origin, although there is also a small proportion of Jewish bearers (Abramov, Konstantinov, Romanov, Robinson).

MY MOST SUCCESSFUL PROJECT IS IGOR KRUTOY

Conventionally, all Jewish pop figures in Russia can be divided into several groups. The first has ostentatiously “Russified” and claims to be “Russian.” These are Pugacheva, Dobrynin, Rasputina, Gubin, Buinov. Such heroic and riotous surnames belong to all sorts of pevzners, sruls and shmeerzons. Close to the daring family belong completely innocent surnames such as the Leonidovs, Grebenshchikovs, Zosimovs, Lebedinskys, Apinovs, Agutins.

Shares first place with Igor Matvienko in the ranking of the most successful Russian producers. “I went all-in,” Igor Yakovlevich recalled in a conversation with the Sobesednik newspaper. Olga happily took her husband's surname. “I’ve been considered cool all my life, and now I’ll be officially cool,” she joked. It turned out to be more difficult with a change of residence.

His popularity continues unabated. What is her secret, read on.

Comes from childhood
Igor Krutoy was born in 1954 in Ukraine. His childhood passed in Gayvoron, Kirovograd region. Parents - simple people. His father worked as a freight forwarder for Radiodetal, his mother worked as a laboratory assistant at the local sanitary and epidemiological station.
Igor with his mother and sister
The child showed good hearing early. Not a single school matinee was complete without Igor’s accompaniment on the button accordion. It was precisely thanks to his grasp of melodies and natural ability to select melodies that he did not arouse suspicion among teachers for six months music school: they were absolutely sure that the boy knew perfectly well musical notation. I had to start from the basics. But Igor was stubborn from childhood and lived up to his name. In the 6th grade, he already led the school ensemble, and in high school he organized dance evenings to the accordion. Therefore, with a choice future profession We didn’t bother for a long time. On the way to becoming a musician On the advice of his mother, Igor began to prepare for admission to a music school. To do this, it was necessary to learn to play the piano. A boy from a provincial town had to whole year play scales before he went to the district center to apply. From 1970 to 1974 Igor Krutoy is a student at the Kirovograd Music College. He graduated brilliantly and dreamed of entering the Kyiv Conservatory. However, Igor was cut short on the history of the CPSU (most likely, there was another reason: the notorious fifth point was then many talented people did not give a ticket to life. 70s - the rise of anti-Semitism in the USSR. To metropolitan universities, even with honors diploma or gold medal, it was almost impossible for people of a certain nationality to enroll). Igor had no choice but to return to his native Gayvoron and start teaching the younger generation to play the button accordion in the area. But he did not give up his dream of studying. In 1975, Igor became a student at the conducting department of the Nikolaev Music and Pedagogical Institute.

Studying away from home is difficult, you can’t live on one scholarship, and in the evenings Igor worked part-time in a restaurant, where he met Alexander Serov, who later brought the composer his first laurels. In 1979, Igor graduated from high school, and his immediate plans include a conservatory. And again he was disappointed. But he did not give up: the tenacity inherent in the surname was fully manifested. Igor continues to work in restaurants and got a job at the VIA “Singing Cabins” at the Nikolaev Philharmonic. This group was a favorite on all the dance floors of the city; it performed not only popular Beatles songs, but also hits written by Krutoy.
His talent did not go unnoticed, and Igor was invited to the Moscow Concert Orchestra “Panorama”. Here he meets famous performers and musicians: L. Smetannikov, V. Miguley, P. Bulbul ogly. And in 1980 he composed for Blue Guitars. A year later he was already leading Valentina Tolkunova’s ensemble. In 1986, Igor entered the Saratov Conservatory. He became a student of the composition department. And a year later, Alexander Serov with Krutoy’s “Madonna” won the “Song of the Year 87”. And in 1988, the same performer took first place in international competitions with Krutoy’s songs “Inspiration” and “Despite Fate.” After this triumph, Igor received his first recognition of his merits. In 1988, she became a laureate of the honorary Lenin Komsomol Prize.
Path to the Top
Igor explains the secret of his popularity not only with talent. He believes that the surname also played a certain role. In the late 80s and early 90s, the word “cool” took on a different meaning. To become one meant to be the very best. Therefore, many believed that this was a pseudonym. In fact, the surname is not real. It was worn not only by Igor’s father Yakov Alexandrovich, but also by his grandfather and great-grandfather. “A surname is destiny,” says the composer. Lucky coincidence: sonorous surname, the success of the songs and the rise in popularity of this word.

Since 1988, Igor Krutoy’s songs have been in the repertoire of many famous singers: A. Pugacheva, Irina Allegrova, Valery Leontyev, Laima Vaikule, Alexandra Buinov. His hits are performed by Alexey Glyzin, Laura Fabian, Abraham Russo, Alsou, Igor Nikolaev, Mikhail Shufutinsky, Joseph Kobzon, Philip Kirkorov, Kristina Orbakaite, Vladimir Presnyakov, Lev Leshchenko, Sofia Rotaru, Nikolai Baskov and others. Igor Krutoy is famous not only for his songs: he is also an excellent organizer, talented and enterprising producer. His company, ARS, promotes young talents. It is he who produces “New Wave”, “Song of the Year”, “Morning Mail”, “ Good morning, a country!", " Hot ten", "Sound track". In addition, Krutoy’s projects include the Muz-TV channel, Star Factory, he supports Love Radio and Radio Dachu, and is the founder of the music website Music1.ru. As he himself says: “My most successful project is Igor Krutoy.” Krutoy is also famous as a film composer. In 1989 he wrote the music for “Souvenir for the Prosecutor”, in 1991 for “Thirst for Passion”, and in 1992 for “Hostages of the Devil”. All these melodies as well instrumental music included in his disc “Without Words”, released in 2000. In 1992 he became an Honored Artist of Russia, in 1996 he was awarded honorary title“People’s Artist of Russia”, and in 2011 he was recognized People's Artist Ukraine. In 2004, he tried himself as a rap performer in a duet with Raymond Pauls at the New Wave festival in Jurmala. In the same year he received his first award - the Order of Friendship, and in July 2009 - the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
My family is my treasure
Wife
Igor Krutoy visited twice. His first wife was Elena Krutaya from Leningrad, who gave birth to a son, Nikolai.

His second wife guiding star Olga Krutaya, who lives in New Jersey (USA), is engaged in business and is raising Igor’s daughter Alexandra.
Stepdaughter Krutogo Victoria also bears his last name and followed in her stepfather’s footsteps: she works in the genre of dance music with American DJs.

Sisters Alexandra and Victoria Krutoye
About my youngest daughter The composer says to Sasha that she is the “coolest” in their family.

Igor Krutoy is a happy grandfather. His son Nikolai gave him a granddaughter, Christina.
Interesting Facts
Igor Krutoy has a younger sister, Alla Yakovlevna Baratta, now an American and Ukrainian TV presenter. Her husband is Italian-American. She began working in Philadelphia in 1997, then on the Russian-language satellite channel RTVi with the program “Vis-in”. The heroes of her programs in different years were Russian and foreign celebrities: Mstislav Rostropovich, Alexey Yagudin, Ernst Neizvestny, Evgeny Yevtushenko, Alla Pugacheva, Rudy Giuliani and others. She has a daughter Natalya and a grandson Yakov, named after his grandfather. Igor Krutoy is a fan of the Donetsk football club Shakhtar. ARS is not the Artistic Joy of Serov, as many people think. The production center is named so because the word “ars” is translated from Latin as art. It was actually Alexander Serov who gave it its name.
Igor Krutoy is not only a composer. He performs his own songs and accompanies himself. In 2009, Igor received the unusual Silver Galosh award. It is awarded for dubious achievements in show business. The composer was awarded the Silver Galosh for “plagiarism.” The organizers of this award found “Beatlesque” notes in his song “My Finances Sing Romances” performed by Alexander Buinov. By tradition, Igor Krutoy celebrates his birthday in Jurmala at the New Wave festival. Igor Yakovlevich loves to dress from Armani. His culinary preferences are sushi, borscht. Igor Krutoy is a fan of the Beatles, Tom Jones and Muslim Magomayev. He considers himself a sex symbol for 65-70 year olds. Igor Krutoy is the owner of a personal star on the square near the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall. There are similar stars with his name in Jurmala and Kiev.

Name star in Jurmala

Named star in Kyiv From 1987 to 1999 he released 14 discs. Igor Krutoy lives and works in Moscow. In the ranking of the most successful producers, he competes with Igor Matvienko, sharing first place. Under the auspices of the ARS company, a concert by Jose Careros was held in Moscow in 1995 Bolshoi Theater, and in 1996 at the Dynamo stadium - Michael Jackson.
In 2011, he purchased a luxury apartment in Manhattan (New York) with an area of ​​560 square meters for $48 million. meters overlooking Central Park.

Krutoy's apartment in New York on the 12th floor above the famous Plaza Hotel

Luxurious interior

In 1979, Igor Krutoy married for the first time. His wife Elena gave him a son, Nikolai. However, the marriage did not last long. Now, according to Krutoy, he does not communicate with ex-wife. “We don’t have a warm relationship, I won’t lie. But we have a common son and two granddaughters with whom she often communicates,” the composer said.

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In 1995, Krutoy married for the second time. His wife Olga gave birth to his daughter Alexandra. The Cool couple is considered one of the most harmonious in the domestic show business. However, the composer does not hide the fact that not everything is always smooth in their relationship: "Every family has its own problems, there is no need to idealize. And we have problematic situations, but we've been together for over 20 years."

The composer admitted that his 82-year-old mother Svetlana Semyonovna is a reference point for him. " Imagine, at the age of 80 she learned how to use a computer, learned English language, is now reading novels on it. She decided to get a driver’s license, but I told her: calm down, half the city remains to be demolished..." - quotesCool "Interlocutor".

Popular composer does not hide the fact that he admires the love of life of his elderly mother:

“She has a thirst for life, for new knowledge, and this gives her the opportunity to look younger than her age. Although, when you ask her how she feels, she answers: according to her passport data.”

According to the composer, the most important thing for him in life is the future of his family. "I get so much joy from every child, every grandchild. And God smiled at me. I am one of my family who has reached a different material and social level. And my task is to make it easier for children. Not like me - I spent decades trying to get to Moscow, get a room in a communal apartment, registration, howl with joy that you have four walls... I hope that life will be easier for them. I do everything for this: so that they receive a good education and in everyday life so that they do not have problems. And at the same time, taking care of them gives me great joy. And of course, it is important for me that my mother is alive. As long as our parents are alive, we are children. So that she can live as fully as possible. And she does just that and makes me happy. And so that my friends are alive and well,” concluded Krutoy.