Igor Matvienko is a musician, composer, producer, public figure. He stood at the origins of the birth of the popular bands Lube and Ivanushki International.
Childhood and youth of Igor Matvienko
Igor Matvienko was born on February 6, 1960. He was born in Zamoskvorechye. Igor Igorevich was brought up in a military family. Matvienko grew up as a gifted child. The first to notice the boy's talent was his mother. In later interviews, Matvienko will gratefully remember her mother and teacher of the music school, E. Kapulsky.
The music teacher managed to convey that Igor has a perfect ear. The boy was especially good at improvisation. Kapulsky said that Matvienko had a great musical future. He made the right predictions. Igor not only played brilliantly, but also sang. He imitated foreign stars and already in his youth he composed compositions.
He studied well at school. In high school, Matvienko was finally convinced of what profession he wants to connect his life with. He became a student at the Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Music College. In the early 80s, he held a diploma of a choir conductor in his hands.
The creative path of Igor Matvienko
The creative career of the gifted Matvienko began in the 81st year of the last century. He managed to work in several musical groups, as an artistic director, singer and composer. His career started with the groups "First Step", "Hello, song!" and "Class".
Then he began to cooperate with Alexander Shaganov. The talented poet and composer created a unique duet, presenting music lovers with an unrealistic amount of worthy pieces of music. When the duet expanded to a trio, and Nikolai Rastorguev joined the line-up, the Lyube collective appeared.
Later, Igor Igorevich worked with the groups "Ivanushki" and "City 312". In addition, he formed the Mobile Blondes group. According to Matvienko, “Mobile Blondes” is a grotesque, a kind of singing Comedy Woman. Initially, his plans included the creation of a team "under Ksenia Sobchak", who dreamed of singing.
But, according to the founder, the members of the group did not have enough charisma to convey to the audience all the irony of the idea.
It is impossible to list all the compositions that belong to the authorship of Matvienko. Tracks by Igor Igorevich still continue to sound. He gave a third of the hits of the first half of the 90s.
Igor Matvienko: foundation of the production center
In the early 90s, he became the manager of his own production center. In the new century, the "Star Factory" began to release new artists, in which already established pop stars often became invited guests. For the same purpose, the Main Stage competition was held in the 90s.
In 2014, he was appointed music producer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Fans and critics did not remain indifferent and appreciated the compositions written by the brilliant Matvienko.
In 2016, he launched a new project called "Live". The goal of the project is to help people who find themselves in extremely difficult life situations. For "Live" Igor Igorevich composed a song and recorded a video clip. Honored and popular artists of Russia took part in the filming of the video.
A few years later, he became an invited guest of the program "The Fate of a Man with Boris Korchevnikov." He gave the most frank interview, in which he spoke about the formation of a creative career and the situations that were present in his personal life. In addition, he spoke about the history of the formation of the Lube group. His authorship belongs to the most popular compositions of the group's repertoire. We are talking about the songs "Horse" and "On the high grass."
Details of the composer's personal life
Igor Igorevich does not hide that he loves beautiful women. The composer's personal life turned out to be even more eventful than his creative one. Sometimes Matvienko himself finds it difficult to say about the number of marriages and divorces.
In the first civil marriage, the couple had a common son. Matvienko was in no hurry to take his beloved to the registry office, and soon this was not required at all, since the former lovers broke up.
Interestingly, one of the official marriages of Igor Igorevich lasted only a day. Family relations with Evgenia Davitashvili lasted for half a month.
He changed his life after communicating with a psychic. It is not known what Igor talked about with the clairvoyant, but he soon accepted the faith. Matvienko decided to be baptized.
The third wife of Igor was called Larisa. Alas, this marriage was not strong either. In the union, a common daughter was born, who was named Nastya. It is known that today the girl lives in England and works as a fashion designer.
The next wife of Igor was a certain Anastasia Alekseeva. The composer and producer met her on the set of the video "Girl", Zhenya Belousov. Anastasia tried her best to build a really strong family with Matvienko. The woman gave birth to three children from a celebrity.
In 2016, it turned out that Matvienko was again stepping on the same rake. He filed for divorce from Anastasia. Igor did not grieve for long. He found solace in the arms of actress Yana Koshkina.
Igor Matvienko at the present time
In 2020, he celebrated a round date. Matvienko is 60 years old. In honor of the festive event, several concerts were held at the Crocus City Hall. Shortly before his birthday, he received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Due to the coronavirus, his production center is suffering huge losses in 2021. But, one way or another, he continues to stay afloat.
Concert of the group "Ivanushki International”, produced by Matvienko, will most likely take place in 2021. Igor Igorevich, said that Andrei Grigoriev-Appolonov (the soloist of Ivanushki) had serious problems with alcohol. Matvienko, together with his colleagues, is trying to support the “redhead” from Ivanushki International, but so far the disease has not receded.
