Igor Nikolaev is a Russian singer whose repertoire consists of pop songs. Besides the fact that Nikolaev is an excellent performer, he is also a talented composer.
Those songs that come from under his pen become real hits.
Igor Nikolaev has repeatedly admitted to journalists that his life is completely dedicated to music. Every free minute he devotes himself to singing or composing musical compositions.
What is the hit "Let's drink for love?". The presented musical composition still has not lost its relevance.
Childhood and youth of Igor Nikolaev
Igor Yurievich Nikolaev is the real name of the Russian singer. He was born on Sakhalin, in the provincial town of Kholmsk, in 1960.
Igor's father was a seascape poet and was a member of the Writers' Union of the USSR. Surely, it was his father who gave Igor a talent for writing poetry.
Igor Nikolaev spent most of his free time with his mother, who worked as an accountant. The boy's family lived very poorly, they barely had enough money for the bare necessities. But, Nikolaev always repeated one thing - this poverty did not frighten him.
He was passionate about sports, writing poetry and music.
Mom noticed that her son was drawn to music, so besides the fact that Igor attended school, she enrolled him in violin classes.
Nikolaev successfully graduated from a music school in the violin class, and then entered the local music school.
The teachers noticed that the young man had a clear natural gift. Igor himself understood that if he remained in his hometown, then his talent could be ruined.
Nikolaev decides to leave the music school and move to the capital of Russia - Moscow.
In Moscow, Igor was immediately enrolled in the 2nd year of the music school of the Moscow Conservatory named after Pyotr Tchaikovsky. In 1980, Nikolaev successfully and even brilliantly defended his diploma, becoming a certified specialist in the pop department.
The singer fondly recalls the time when he studied at the Moscow Conservatory.
Parents often told him that the student years are the most carefree and unforgettable period. And so it happened. At the conservatory, Igor made friends with whom he still maintains good friendly relations.
The beginning of the musical career of Igor Nikolaev
Igor Nikolaev brilliantly graduated from the conservatory.
And then, by chance, he was noticed by the Diva of the Russian stage Alla Borisovna Pugacheva.
It was Pugacheva who invited Nikolaev to work as a keyboard player in the Recital vocal and instrumental ensemble, where he quickly retrained as an arranger.
In addition to the fact that Nikolaev works as a keyboard player, he writes musical compositions for Pugacheva, which become real hits.
Alla Borisovna said in one of her interviews, “Igor lacks a little charisma and a bit of perseverance, but I’m sure that even with such an inner core, he will go far.”
The top songs of the 1980s were the songs "Iceberg" and "Tell me, birds." Trucks brought Nikolaev the first portion of popularity, and made his person a significant face of the Soviet stage. The whole country sang them. It is interesting that Nikolaev's path as a composer began from these tracks.
A very important event in the biography of the Russian pop singer was participation in the prestigious competition "Song of the Year - 1985".
At the presented competition, new musical compositions by the young composer were performed: “The Ferryman” performed by the Prima Donna of the Russian stage - Pugacheva, and “Komarovo” performed by Igor Sklyar.
Igor Nikolaev continued to realize himself as a composer. By 1986, he had already earned the status of a solid composer. In the same year, he began to perform songs that he wrote for his repertoire.
In 1986, Nikolaev presented the song "Melnitsa" to the audience, which would later be included in the album of the same name.
The audience accepts the track with a bang, and later the Russian singer releases such songs as Raspberry Wine, Birthday, Let's Drink for Love, Congratulations.
A couple of years later, the singer, along with the performer, and part-time with her friend, Alla Borisovna, is touring Japan.
At the end of 1988, the Russian singer first appeared at the annual music festival "Song of the Year". At this music festival, Nikolaev presents the song "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors".
As a result, this song becomes a real folk hit.
A couple more years will pass and Igor Nikolaev will meet the aspiring singer Natasha Koroleva. They will begin to fruitfully cooperate in a duet.
The most popular compositions released by the performers are Taxi, Dolphin and Mermaid, and Winter Months.
The joint project with the Queen turned out to be so successful that the duet begins to tour abroad. With their concert program "Dolphin and Mermaid", the duet members performed within the walls of the legendary concert hall "Madison Square Garden".
The creative biography of Igor Nikolaev is developing exponentially. Each new musical composition of the Russian singer immediately becomes a real hit.
Each album recorded by Nikolaev is hitting the bull's-eye. Since 1998, the singer has been organizing evenings.
Concert evenings of Igor Nikolaev are broadcast on one of the federal TV channels in Russia.
In early 2000, Igor Nikolaev released a new disc called "Broken Cup of Love". It takes about a year when the singer gets around to the title of Honored Worker of Culture and Arts of Russia. For Igor Nikolaev, this is recognition of his talent and efforts.
In 2001, Igor Nikolaev received a prestigious award from the Golden Gramophone. The singer received the presented Russian award for writing the album “Let's drink for love”.
The main song of the collection was a song with the same name "Let's drink for love." Now a mem with a photo of Igor Nikolaev and the inscription “Let's drink for love” “wanders” on social networks.
Every year, a portion of popularity literally falls on Nikolaev in the form of another award in his impressive treasury of achievements.
In 2006, the Russian singer and composer received several orders at once: Peter the Great of the first degree and the Golden Order of Service to Art.
The talented singer, composer and arranger Igor Yurievich Nikolaev works closely with other popular Russian performers. He annually replenishes the treasury of stars with new tracks.
His hits are performed by artists Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev, Larisa Dolina, Irina Allegrova, Alexander Buinov, the Accident team and Alexei Kortnev.
There are rumors that there are no singers left on the Russian stage for whom Igor Nikolaev would not compose metro songs.
The artist decided to go even further and began writing tracks for foreign stars. The composer managed to collaborate with sisters Rose and Cyndi Lauper (USA), Swedish performer Liz Nielson, Japanese musician Tokiko Kato.
Personal life of Igor Nikolaev
Igor Nikolaev married for the first time very early. His first wife was a certain Elena Kudryasheva. When the couple decided to legalize their relationship, they were barely 18 years old.
The couple even had a daughter. The relationship quickly faded, as none of the young people were ready for family life.
The second wife of Nikolaev was Natasha Koroleva. The wedding of the Queen and Nikolaev took place in 1994. Nikolaev glowed with happiness.
Interestingly, the registration took place on the territory of Igor's house. But this marriage also broke up in 2001.
The reason for the divorce was that Igor Nikolaev repeatedly cheated on Natasha Koroleva. After the betrayal, the woman gave Igor a chance to be alone and understand what he needs.
But, when the situation repeated itself again - Natasha said that she did not want to have anything to do with him anymore.
Interestingly, Nikolaev begged his wife not to get divorced. He continued to confess his love to her on stage.
But the Queen was determined. The couple divorced, and later Nikolaev admitted to reporters that he was very sorry that he had lost Natalia, and so far there was not a single woman who gave the feelings that the Queen gave him.
Proskuryakova became the third wife of Nikolaev. Journalists noted the similarity of Yulia with the second wife of Nikolaev Koroleva. The couple is still together, they recently had a baby.
Igor Nikolaev now
Last year, the Russian singer surprised the audience with a collaboration with a young singer from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Emma Blinkova. The performers recorded a new cover for the good old song "Let's drink for love."
Judging by the feedback from YouTube users, the singers did their best.
Many said that Nikolaev, after such a brilliant career, would soon leave to rest on his laurels. But it was not there.
Information was leaked to the press that he was writing new hits for Irina Allegrova. The empress of the Russian stage Allegrova confirmed this information.
In 2019, a festive event "Igor Nikolaev and his friends" was held. This concert was attended by old and new friends of the Russian singer. The concert was broadcast on a Russian TV channel on January 12.
Not so long ago, his daughter turned 4 years old. Nikolaev made a selection of original photos and posted them on Instagram.
You can see the latest news and events from the life of the Russian performer and composer in his social networks.
