Irina Aleksandrovna Allegrova
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Biography
Irina Allegrova was born in
Rostov-on-Don in 1952. Her father Alexander
Sarkisov took the last name
Allegrov as a
pseudonym when he was just 17 and Irina was born
under the name Allegrova. She was brought up in a theatrical family with famous people who frequented their house and impressed the young girl. Irina spent her early life in
Baku,
Azerbaijan where she studied piano and ballet. Irina gave birth to one daughter, Lala, at a young age. She left Lala with her parents and moved to
Moscow to become a singer at the age of 22.
In the early 1980s she became lead soloist in
David Tukhmanov's group -
ElectroClub. In the late 80's Irina met
Oscar Feltsman, who gave her a chance at a solo career and later wrote several songs for Irina.
Irina's debut album "My Destined One - Suzheny/Wanderer - Strannik" was written and produced by her then neighbor and friend -
Igor Nikolaev. The album, supported by the single "Wanderer" (1991-1992) became number 1 and stayed number 1 for nearly a full year.
Irina's next album was "Ugonschitsa" (1994-1995), which won a Russian
Grammy (Ovatsiya) for Best Pop Female Star. She toured the
United States after that album's release.
Irina began to work with
Igor Krutoi, changed her hair to her natural brunette, got married, had a grandson, and bought a house on the outskirts of
Moscow. Irina and Krutoi released two albums together, "I will disperse the clouds with my hands" and "Un-ending Romance" (1996, 1998).
Irina divorced, released a healing-themed album called "Teatr" (Theater) (1999) and went on tour around the world.
In 2005, Irina began working exclusively with
Aleksei Garnizov on "Po Lezviyu Lyubvi (On the razor's edge of love) trilogy". A new album was planned for release in late 2005.
Irina has since written 3
novellas about love, and created an award ceremony where she and other stars give out the '
Golden Duck' to those journalists who made up the worst lies.
Recordings
- Strannik (cassette/lp) = Suzheny (CD)
(1991/1994 CD)
- Ugonschitsa
(1995)
- Ya Tuchi Razvedu Rukami
(1996)
- Imperatritsa
(1997)
- Nezakonchenny Roman
(1998)
- Teatr
(1999)
- Vsyo Snachala
(2000 version 1 & 2001 version 2)
- Po Lezviyu Lyubvi
(2002 version 1 BLACK & 2003 version 2 RED)
- Popolam
(2004)
- S Dnem Rajdeniya
(2005)
- Allegrova 2007
(2007)