Soviet singer, teacher, actress,
Biography
The singer was born on April 13, 1947, in a family of musicians.
Irina's father was a famous musician, played the piano and accordion, worked as an accompanist for Lyudmila Zykina. Irina graduated from a music school, piano. Having matured, she studied at the music faculty of the Pedagogical Institute. She worked as an accompanist at Mosconcert. Later she became a soloist in the famous VIA "Blue Guitars".
Subsequently, she began to perform independently - as a pop singer. She began to perform songs by Roman Mayorov, Vyacheslav Dobrynin, David Tukhmanov, Sergei Berezin, Albert Arutyunov and other composers. Irina gained fame thanks to the duet with Nikolai Karachentsev, with the song "What to give you?"
In the 1990s, Irina Uvarova had to stop her concert activities and leave the stage.
A family
Husband - Alexander Zhigarev (1938-1987) - songwriter, journalist.
(the son of the famous Soviet journalist Lev Viktorovich Zhigarev: the creator and editor-in-chief of the magazines "Knowledge is Power" and "Technology of Youth": the author of the book "Footprints on the Air") - the author of famous songs such as "And I like him", "Far is that day”,“Wait for spring”,“White bird cherry”,“This crossroads”,“Reserved places”.
Work and creativity
Today she is the musical director of the Benefis theater, which has been delighting us with graceful, expressive musical performances for many years. It is hard to believe that both the All-Night Vigil in Chekhov's "Bride" and the choir in "Moscow Matchmaking" are performed by dramatic artists, their voices sound so harmonious, confident and bright. And the artistic director of the theater, Anna Nerovnaya, claims: without Irina Uvarova, all this could hardly have happened. Irina Borisovna is incredibly musical, subtly feeling the mood and drama of the play, she knows how to sensitively grasp the director's intention, give her all in search of that very musical background, song, style and, finally, inspire the actors to conquer previously unknown vocal heights. Uvarova herself believes that she is just doing what she loves. Always. And immensely admires the people with whom she was brought together by life and … Music.
· 2000-2001 - "Matchmaking in Moscow" (First) - authors Gennady Gladkov and Julius Kim (based on the works of A. N. Ostrovsky)
· 2002 - "Matchmaking in Moscow" (First) - authors Gennady Gladkov and Julius Kim (based on the works of A. N. Ostrovsky)
· 2004 - Hurray, King! - authors Eugene Schwartz, Gennady Gladkov and Yuliy Kim
· 2005 - "Murder in French" - (based on the comedy of Marcel Ashar "Fool", translated by S. Volodina)
· 2006 - “Love. Fantasy. Aliens … (play by A. Sokolova)
· 2007 - "History With …" - (based on the tragicomedy by Alexander Vampilov "The Story with the Metranpage")
· 2008 - "Angel" - (based on the tragicomedy by Alexander Vampilov "Twenty minutes with an angel")
· 2009 - "The Bride" - (based on the stories of A. P. Chekhov)
· 2010 - "The Touch" (R. Ibragimbekov)
· 2011 - "Frivolous Comedy" - (based on Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest")..
Selected songs
· "What to give you?" (music by Roman Mayorov, lyrics by Sergey Alikhanov and Alexander Zhigarev) duet with Nikolai Karachentsov
· "That's what love" (music by Roman Mayorov, lyrics by Mikhail Ryabinin) duet with Nikolai Karachentsov
· "Familiar Look" (music by Roman Mayorov, lyrics by Yakov Halperin) duet with Nikolai Karachentsov
· “We played gardeners” (music by Sergei Berezin, lyrics by Larisa Rubalskaya) duet with Nikolai Karachentsov
· "From goodness - they do not seek goodness!" (music by Albert Arutyunov, lyrics by Anna Sayed-Shah) duet with Nikolai Karachentsov
· "Love is leaving" (music by Vyacheslav Dobrynin, lyrics by Alexander Zhigarev)
· "You are dancing beautifully" (music by David Tukhmanov, lyrics by Mikhail Ryabinin)
· "Scarecrow" (music by Roman Mayorov, lyrics by Yakov Kozlovsky)
· "Two Suns" (music by Alexander Zubkov, lyrics by Boris Cheskis)
· "I'm waiting" (music by Roman Mayorov, lyrics by Victor Gin)
· "I remember you" (music by Ilya the Slovesnik, lyrics by Igor Shaferan)
