Igor Vladimirovich Ushakov is the founder and leader of the male choir "Valaam". In 1992 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Researcher of church and military music I. V. Ushakov deciphers and processes old musical manuscripts, and also modifies soldier's folk songs to suit his male choir.
Biography
Igor Vladimirovich was born in 1965 in Volgograd. In 1984 he graduated from the art school of this city.
1990 was marked for Ushakov with another significant event, when the future founder of the choir graduated from the State Conservatory. N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov in the city of Leningrad. He left the walls of this musical temple, having acquired two specialties. So Igor Vladimirovich became a certified choir conductor and a specialist in ancient Russian singing art. In the same year, Ushakov founded a male choir at the Valaam Monastery, and 4 years later created a male choir “Valaam”.
Creation
Igor Vladimirovich is the author of a large number of educational and artistic programs, educational projects dedicated to significant events and figures of culture and history.
It is impossible to talk about I. In Ushakov without mentioning his brainchild - the choir "Valaam". Largely thanks to the efforts of its creator, in a short time, this choir becomes famous and popular. For such outstanding services in 1992, Ushakov was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
After 2 years, Igor Vladimirovich created the Institute of Singing Culture, which also bears the name "Valaam".
The male choir quickly found its way into music, which consists of two directions. This is Russian sacred music and songs of the Imperial Army of Russia, which highlight the vivid themes of Russian military history, defense of the Fatherland.
The members of the "Valaam" choir perform little-known old songs, sing the praises of famous Russian commanders, as well as ordinary Russian warriors showing miracles of heroism.
Personal life
Igor Ushakov is a father of many children. The choir director has three children: Yaroslav, Igor and Martha.
Career
The creative path of the historian of ancient and military music is inextricably linked with the choir "Valaam". Together with his charges, Ushakov released many cd-disks. There are also chants from the Valaam, Solovetsky, Kirillo-Belozersky Monasteries. Other discs contain Russian soldier's musical compositions of 1812, as well as songs and hymns that sounded in the imperial army at that time.
Together with his choir, Ushakov also created a musical chronicle of the war in the Caucasus, which is dedicated to the memory of Russian soldiers and military leaders who bravely fought in the Caucasian war.
The discography of the collective, created thanks to I. V. Ushakov, can be enumerated for a long time. In this regard, it is appropriate to say that the creative life of the famous historian of choral music consists precisely in the study of church culture, the creation of numerous projects on this topic, the recording and processing of folk songs.
And we are given a unique opportunity to listen to these ancient works, which, thanks to IV Ushakov, have come down to us.
