Igor Krutoy

Igor Krutoy
Born	Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy (1954-06-29) June 29, 1954 Haivoron, USSR
Occupation	Composer, music producer, Television producer
Years active	1980s-
Awards
Website	igorkrutoy.com

Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy (Russian: Игорь Яковлевич Крутой), born on July 29, 1954, is a Russian music composer of Ukrainian descent, performer, producer and musical promoter.^[1] Krutoy was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1989.^[2]

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Biography

Igor Krutoy was born on July 29, 1954, in Haivoron (Kirovograd oblast).^[3] When a child, he taught himself to play the accordion, and later played in the school band.^[3][4] Igor studied at the musical school, and after graduation he entered the Theory faculty at Kirovograd music college, that he graduated with distinction in 1974.^[4] He failed to enter the Kiev Conservatory and spent the following year giving accordion classes in Haivoron and Bandurovo village.^[3] Next year Igor entered Nikolaev State Pedagogical Institute at conductor (choral music) department. While studying there, he worked in restaurants, where he met singer Aleksander Serov, who later would become his friend and would be perform many of his songs. During that period Krutoy also worked as artistic director of Valentina Tolkunova band and gave performances accompanying famous Russian actor Yevgeny Leonov.^[3]
In 1979, he was invited to Moscow Concert Orchestra "Panorama", where he worked together with such famous artists, as Leonid. In 1986 Igor Krutoy finally managed to enter the Saratov Conservatory, the composer department.^[5] In parallel, his friend, popular singer Aleksander Serov, was winning international competitions with Igor Krutoy songs "Inspiration" and "In Fate's Despite".

In 2012, Igor Krutoy became the chairman of Music1.ru and a shareholder of Net Element following a $2 million investment into the company. The joint venture culminated with the launch of www.Music1.ru, expected to become the online centerpiece of Krutoy’s music enterprise and the online music market leader in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.

Family

• Father Yakov Krutoy (1917–1980), worked as a freight forwarder at "RADIODETAL" factory in Haivoron
• Mother Svetlana Krutaya (born 1934) worked as laboratory specialist at sanitary and epidemiological station^[3]
• sister Alla Krutaya (married name Baratta), is the author and host of Laskavo prosymo (Welcome, “Ласкаво просимо”) show at TV company "Ukraine".^[6][7] Alla has been living in USA since 1993, she is married to ethnic Italian lawyer Anthony Baratta, and they have one daughter, Natasha, who is a student.^[6]

Private life

• first spouse - Yelena Krutaya (born in Saint Petersburg)
  • son Nickolay Krutoy (born 1981)
• second spouse - Olga Krutaya (born 1963), since 1995. Olga Krutaya lives in New Jersey, USA and is running a business there. Igor and Olga have two daughters together:
  • Victoriya (born 1985), she is a singer, graduated from high school in New Jersey
  • Aleksandra (born 2003).^[3]

Popular songs

• "Ya lublu tebya do slez" ("Я люблю тебя до слёз") by Aleksandr Serov
• "Madonna" ("Мадонна") by Aleksandr Serov
• "Ti menia lubish" ("Ты меня любишь") by Aleksandr Serov
• ""Kak Mne Byt"" ("Как быть") by Aleksandr Serov
• "Vorovanaya Noch" ("Ворованная ночь") by Aleksandr Serov
• "Zvezdopad" ("Звездопад") by Aleksandr Serov
• "Suzanna" ("Сюзанна") by Aleksandr Serov
• "Muzika venchalnya" ("Музыка Венчальная") by Aleksandr Serov
• "Ya v tebya davno vluyblen" ("Я в тебя давно влюблён") by Aleksandr Serov
• "Davai drug druga ukradem" ("Давай друг друга украдём") by Aleksandr Serov
• "Lyubov pohozhaya na son" (Любовь, похожая на сон) by Alla Pugacheva
• "Uhagu" (Ухожу) by Alla Pugacheva
• "Rechnoi tramvaichik" (Речной Трамвайчик) by Alla Pugacheva
• "1000 Let" (1000 лет) by Alla Pugacheva
• "Igra" (Игра) by Alla Pugacheva
• "Ya smogu" (Я смогу) by Alla Pugacheva
• "Priglasenia na zakat" (Приглашение на закат) by Alla Pugacheva
• "Eto prosto son" ( Это просто сон) by Kristina Orbakaitė
• "Svadebnie Cveti" ("Свадебные цветы") by Irina Allegrova
• "Ya Tuchi Razvedu Rukami" ("Я тучи разведу руками") by Irina Allegrova
• "Nezakonchenniy Roman" ("Незаконченный роман") by Irina Allegrova and Igor Krutoy
• "Palma de Mallorca" (" Пальма де-Майорка") by Mikhail Shufutinsky
• "Moskovskoe Taxi" ("Московское такси") by Mikhail Shufutinsky
• "Tretie sentyabrya" ("Третье сентября") by Mikhail Shufutinsky
• "Sharmanka" ("Шарманка") by Nikolay Baskov
• "Lyubov' Ne Znaet Slova Net" ("Любовь не знает слово нет") by Nikolay Baskov
• "Vse Cveti" ("Все цветы") by Nikolay Baskov
• "Otpusti menya" ("Отпусти меня") by Valeriya
• "Ya tebya otpustila" ("Я тебя отпустила") by Valeriya
• "Krevoe zerkalo" ("Кривое зеркало") by Valeriya
• "Lubimaya Jenshina" ("Любимая женщина") by Muslim Magomayev
• "Moy drug" ("Мой друг") by Igor Krutoy and Igor Nikolayev
• "Mosti" ("Мосты") by Masha Rasputina
• "Vse ravno" ("Все равно") by Alsou
• "Ya tebya ne predumala" ("Я тебя не придумала") by Alsou
• "Yastreb" ("Ястреб") by Lev Leshchenko
• "Gde ze ti" ("Где же ты") by Anzhelika Varum
• "Zeleniy Tsvet Tvoih Lyubimih Glaz" ("Зелёный цвет любимых глаз") by Alexander Rozenbaum
• "Nachistotu" ("Начистоту") by Emin Agalarov
• "My tak nelepo razoshlis" ("Мы так нелепо разошлись") by Philipp Kirkorov
• "Ponarosku" ("Понарошку") by Sergey Lazarev
• "Ti znaesh Mama" ("Понарошку") by Diana Gurtskaya
• "Budu ya lubit tebya" ("Буду я любить") by via Slivki
• "O chem igraet pianist" ("О чем играет пианист") by Laima Vaikule
• "Sokrovisha Chernogo Morya" ("Сокровища Черного моря") by Valery Leontiev
• "Odin bilet" ("Один билет") by Valery Leontiev
• "Marilyn" ("Мерилин") by Valery Leontiev
• "Ya pozabil tvoe lico" ("Я позабыл твое лицо") by Valery Leontiev
• "Angel-Khranitel Moy" ("Ангел-хранитель мой")

Composer

• When i close my eyes (Когда я закрываю глаза)
• A Sad Angel (Печальный Ангел)
• You are in my September (Ты в моем Сентябре)
• Blue Planet (Голубая планета)

Film soundtracks^[8]

• The Snow Queen (Снежная королева, 2003)
• Hostages of "The Devil" (Заложники «Дьявола», 1993)
• Thirst for Passion (Жажда страсти, 1991)
• Souvenir for the prosecutor (Сувенир для прокурора, 1989)

Producer

• TV series "Star Factory" (Фабрика звезд) (2002–2007)

ARS records

Krutoy is head of ARS^[9] owns 25% of Muz-TV which plays Russian pop music videos. Since 2002, ARS also organizes the New Wave (competition) for young performers of popular music with Raimonds Pauls and Alla Pugacheva. As a management agency, ARS has signed artists such as Sopho Khalvashi.

Recordings

• Album Madonna with Aleksander Serov 1988.
• Album Ya plachu with Aleksander Serov 1991.
• Album Ya Tuchi Razvedu Rukami with Irina Allegrova 1996.
• Album Nezakonchenniy Roman with Irina Allegrova 1998.
• Album Odnazhdy v Amerike with Mikhail Shufutinsky 1998.
• Album Latinsky kvartal with Laima Vaikule 1998.
• Album The Rope Dancer with Valery Leontiev 1999.
• Deja Vu, 2CD+DVD with Dmitri Hvorostovsky 2009.
• Album Mademoiselle Zhivago with Lara Fabian 2010.

Titles and awards

• Honoured Art Worker of Russian Federation (1992)^[10]
• People's Artist of Russia (1996)^[10]
• People's Artist of Ukraine(2011)^[11][12]
• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1989)^[10]
• Order of Friendship (27 August 2004)^[13]
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the 4th class (28 July 2009)^[14]
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the 3rd class (21 July 2014)

Real estate

• Apartment in the Plaza Hotel in New York
• Apartment in Avenue Princesse Grace in Monaco
• Villa in Fisher Island, Florida
• Villa in Southampton The Hamptons in New York
• Igor krutoi owns a private aircraft Bombardier Global Express

References

External links

• Official website
• Igor Krutoy discography at Discogs
• ARS Records
• Krutoy Media
• Concert of Igor Krutoy in Olympic Stadium, Moscow