Igor Krutoy

Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy () or Ihor Yakovych Krutyi (, born on July 29, 1954), is a Ukrainian and Russian music composer, performer, producer and musical promoter.
Krutoy was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1989. He is also "Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation", People's Artist of Russia and People's Artist of Ukraine.
As a composer, he has collaborated with numerous renowned singers in classical and contemporary music, such as Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Aida Garifullina, Andrea Bocelli, Dimash Kudaibergen, Lara Fabian, Alla Pugacheva and Irina Allegrova.
Life and career.
Igor Krutoy was born on July 29, 1954, in Haivoron (Kirovohrad Oblast). When a child, he taught himself to play the accordion, and later played in the school band. Igor studied at the musical school, and after graduation he entered the Theory faculty at Kirovograd music college, where he graduated with distinction in 1974. He failed to enter the Kiev Conservatory and spent the following year giving accordion classes in Haivoron and Bandurovo village. 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 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.<br>
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. 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.
Igor Krutoy's father Yakov Krutoy (1917–1980) is Jewish. He worked as a freight forwarder at "RADIODETAL" factory in Haivoron. His mother Svetlana (born 1934) worked as laboratory specialist at sanitary and epidemiological station. His sister Alla Krutaya (married name Baratta), is the author and host of Laskavo prosymo (Welcome, "Ласкаво просимо") show at TV company "Ukraine". Alla has been living in the United States since 1993, she is married to Italian lawyer Anthony Baratta, and they have one daughter, Natasha, who is a student.
Composer.
Film soundtracks
ARS records.
Krutoy is head of ARS 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.