Irina Allegrova is the Empress of the Russian stage. The singer's fans began to call her that after she released the song "Empress" into the music world.
The performance of Irina Allegrova is a real extravaganza, decoration, celebration. The powerful voice of the singer still sounds. Allegrova's songs can be heard on the radio, from the windows of houses and cars, and even without her musical compositions it is rare that Russian concerts that are broadcast on TV can do without.
Journalists who managed to interview the Russian singer say that she has a very sharp tongue. She never hid her bitchy nature. But even more often, she demonstrated this in her tracks. The singer admits that it is difficult to get into her circle of friends, so her good friends can be counted on the fingers.
The childhood and youth of the singer
Irina Alexandrovna Allegrova was born in Rostov-on-Don in the winter of 1952. Interestingly, the girl was brought up in a creative family. Irina herself believes that it was her "creative" upbringing that motivated her to choose a musical career.
Irina's mother had a powerful operatic voice. And dad worked as a theater director, and combined the profession of an actor. Irina Allegrova spent 9 whole years in Rostov-on-Don. And quite warmly recalls the time that was spent in this city.
At the beginning of 1960, the Allegrov family changed gloomy Rostov-on-Don for sunny Baku. This was a forced measure, since the parents entered the service of the local theater of musical comedy, and Irina was accepted into the 3rd grade of the music school at the Baku Conservatory. Irina Allegrova was allowed to enter the 2nd year immediately after she performed the work of the great Bach at the entrance exam.
Irina Allegrova was an exemplary student. In addition to attending a music school, the girl is actively involved in ballet. Little Ira takes part in various music competitions, winning prizes.
Irina Allegrova recalls that celebrities often visited them at home. The Allegrov family were friends with Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya, Aram Khachaturian, Muslim Magomayev. The “correct” music often sounded in the girl’s house.
In 1969, Irina received a diploma of secondary education. Allegrova does not hesitate to submit documents to the local conservatory. However, her plans are slightly disturbed by illness. Admission to a higher educational institution has to be somewhat postponed. But whatever is done is for the best. It is from this moment that the brilliant career of Irina Allegrova begins.
The creative path of the future star of the Soviet, and later Russian stage, began with the fact that the girl was invited to voice films at the Indian film festival. After dubbing films, Irina went on her first tour.
Musical career of Irina Allegrova
Until 1975, Irina Allegrova managed to become a member of several musical groups. Later, the singer admits that she was not comfortable in any one place, in addition, she could not realize herself as a singer. She felt like a "girl of the second plan."
She makes an attempt to get a higher education at GITIS. She submits documents and takes exams, but does not pass. The singer is accepted into the Utyosov orchestra, but even here she does not stay for long. She is constantly in search of herself, which is quite normal for a young, failed artist.
For several years, Irina has been a soloist in the Fakel VIA. Here she met Igor Krutoy, who at that time worked as a pianist at VIA.
In 1982, nothing was heard about Allegrova. Music practically did not bring earnings, so Ira begins to look for additional part-time work. Allegrova started baking confectionery at home and selling them.
A little more time passes and there is an acquaintance with Vladimir Dubovitsky. It was a "necessary" acquaintance. Later, Vladimir introduces Allegrova to the popular composer Oscar Feltsman.
Oscar was able to discern musical talent in Allegrova. A little later, he writes the musical composition "Voice of a Child" for the singer. With this track, Allegrova successfully debuts at the Song of the Year music festival.
After the performance, she receives an offer from Feltsman to become a soloist of the Moscow Lights group. With the help of Oscar, the singer releases her debut album.
Some time will pass when Oscar announces that he is transferring the musical group "Moscow Lights" to his good friend David Tukhmanov. He will improve the group's repertoire. Now the soloists of the rock band, and accordingly change their name to "Electroclub".
In addition to Allegrova, the soloists were Raisa Saed-Shah and Igor Talkov. The top track of the musical group was the track "Clean Prudy".
In 1987, the musical group wins the Golden Tuning Fork. The soloists of the group will present the musical composition "Three Letters". The song was performed by Talkov and Irina Allegrova.
A successful presentation of the musical composition encourages the guys to record their debut album. After the presentation of the disc, the band leaves Talkov. The singer is replaced by Saltykov and several other vocalists from the Forum group.
In 1987, the legendary concert of the Electroclub group took place, which was attended by more than 15 thousand spectators. At one of the concerts, Irina Allegrova breaks her voice.
Now, she sings with a characteristic hoarseness in her voice. Later, music critics will note that the hoarseness of the voice is the highlight of the Russian performer.
Solo career of Irina Allegrova
Irina Allegrova increasingly began to think about a solo career. In 1990, she left the musical group, setting off on a solo voyage. The singer had everything to build a solo career - crowds of fans of her work, beauty and a steel character.
The first musical composition performed by Irina Allegrova was the track "Wanderer", which was written for the singer by Igor Nikolaev. A little time will pass and such top compositions as "Photo 9x12" and "Do not fly away, love!", "Believe in love, girls" and "Junior Lieutenant" will appear in the singer's repertoire.
Now Irina Allegrova is touring solo. This does not prevent her from collecting thousandth halls of spectators. The singer is a private guest of television, which allows her to significantly expand the number of her admirers. Thanks to the work of Viktor Chaika, viewers watch 2 vicious video clips with the participation of Irina Allegrova - "Transit" and "Womanizer".
Already in 1994, the solo debut album of the singer "My Betrothed" was released. Following him in 1995, Allegrova released the disc "The Hijacker".
In the same year, Irina organizes a concert in the Kremlin courtyard with the Empress program. The first part of each of the concerts are old hits, including "Happy Birthday", "Wedding Flowers" and others. The second is the new best songs of the star.
1996 was more than fruitful for the singer. She closely begins to cooperate with Igor Krutoy. It took three whole years for Allegrova's highest quality works to come out - "Unfinished Novel" and "Table for Two".
Every year, Irina Allegrova pleases her fans with new hits and albums. The singer was seen in collaboration with such singers as Shufutinsky, Leps, Nikolaev.
In the winter of 2007, Allegrova and Nikolaev received the Golden Gramophone statuette for the musical composition "I don't believe you."
In 2011, the singer announced that she was ending her concert activity. The result of this statement was that for 3 whole years she organized farewell concerts in the cities of Russia, the CIS countries, Europe and the United States of America.
In 2014, the singer told reporters that she had a second wind, and very soon musical compositions would sound a little different.
The result was not long in coming. At the Golden Gramophone, the performer sang a song together with the singer Slava. "First love-last love" - became a real hit.
And in the fall of 2015, a new program by Irina Allegrova, called "Reboot", took place at the Olimpiyskiy.
In 2016, the singer was seen in the major music festival "Christmas at Rosa Khutor". Already on February 14, right on Valentine's Day, Allegrova pleased the admirers of her work with good news. The singer presents the release of the first digital album "Reboot".
In the fall of 2016, Allegrova was noticed on the New Wave. There she presents the listener with several new compositions - “Mature Love” and “Movie about Love”.
A couple of months later, the singer became a member of Nikolai Baskov's concert. In the same place, Irina presented the audience with a new composition “Flowers without a reason”.
After the successful presentation of the new song, Allegrova went on a concert tour in the old fashioned way. After the singer played concerts, she began to actively prepare for the anniversary concert of “MONO”, which took place in March 2017.
The singer has earned the title of "pioneer of video clips." Many note that her videos contain elements of eroticism that were not allowed in the early 1990s. The clips of the songs “Transit Passenger” and “Enter Me” should have been released at all with a mark of +16.
Personal life of Irina Allegrova
Grigory Tairov is the first husband of the Crazy Empress. Her first husband was simply handsome. A basketball player and an athlete - other women were often interested in him. Allegrova lived with him for only a year, and then divorced. In this marriage, a daughter, Lala, was born.
With her second husband, Vladimir Bleher, the union turned out to be just as “quick and short-lived”. Later, Allegrova admits that their union was a big mistake. Vladimir wrote the song "Flood" for the singer, which she performed 30 years after the breakup.
The third husband of Allegrova, Vladimir Dubovitsky, is the embodiment of her dream. She admitted to reporters that she fell head over heels in love with him. But their union broke up in 1990, when Allegrova decided to pursue a solo career.
Allegrova's new chosen one, Igor Kapusta, was a dancer. Moreover, at the time of his acquaintance with Allegrova, he was in a relationship. Irina took her husband away from another, and together with Igor they got married in the church. But they did not have an official stamp in their passport. With Cabbage, the singer lived for about 6 years. One day, she came home early and saw that her chosen one was not alone. The breakup was very difficult.
At the moment, Irina Allegrova completely devoted herself to her family. Children and their families often come to her house. Irina has social networks where you can publish photos, videos and tour schedules.
Irina Allegrova now
In 2018, Irina Allegrova pleased her fans with the Tête-à-tête solo program. At concerts, the Russian singer presented hits from the 1980s-2000s, interspersing them with new compositions.
A pleasant surprise for Irina Allegrova was the fact that at the New Wave festival one day was dedicated specifically to the singer. Young singers performed for Allegrova the most famous songs from her repertoire.
At the beginning of 2019, Irina Alexandrovna appeared in the studio of the Tonight program. Irina admits that she does not like to take part in various shows. For example, Malakhov invited the singer to become a member of his show so that Allegrova could meet with her ex-husband Igor Kapustin, but the singer refused the presenter.
Irina Allegrova declares that she will never take part in "empty" shows to increase her rating. Her reputation and experience on the Russian stage do not need additional "feeding".
Now Allegrova spends a lot of time in Italy, where she has real estate. There is still a little time left before the concerts that the singer has planned. Irina assures that she simply needs to replenish her vital energy, and the Italian sun is a very good helper in this matter.
