Irina Gribulina - Russian singer, poet, composer. Everyone is familiar with her work, but not so much is known about her biography and personal life. Such plots were twisted in her fate that the scriptwriters of the top films could envy them, but she adequately withstood all the vicissitudes of fate, remained as optimistic and provocative as in her youth.
Fans are used to seeing Irina Gribulina fun, and few of them suspect what trials she went through. Looking at this beautiful woman who has not been ruled over for years, it is impossible to believe that she suffered treason more than once, lived with her tyrant for several years, dreamed of motherhood for many years, and was subjected to “attacks” of annoying male colleagues.
Biography of Irina Gribulina
The future singer, songwriter and composer was born in Sochi in late September 1953. The girl’s parents were musicians, her mother was the repeated winner of song contests of various levels, but she never entered the “big” stage.
The fact that Irina has unique vocal abilities became clear as early as 4 years old. In addition, the baby already wrote poetry, played the melodies of her own composition on the piano. And the girl’s parents decided to make every effort so that she would achieve popularity.
In 1963, when Irina was only 10 years old, her mother brought her to Moscow, but not to conduct a sightseeing tour of the city's sights or visit the shops, but to "identify" her daughter to the Moscow Conservatory.
The girl was adopted immediately after the first round and got on the course of Dmitry Kabalevsky. In order for Irina to do vocals with professionals and develop her talent, her mother moved with her to Moscow. It was not easy for them - they lived in hotels, rented rooms in communal apartments or rented a "corner". Earning a girl’s mother had to clean the apartments of the Moscow elite of art or representatives of the bureaucracy.
Irina Gribulina - the conquest of the capital
It was not so easy to win the love of the metropolitan audience. Irina and her mother “stormed” all the vocal contests without exception, and many of them ended in the victory of the girl. But there was still study at the conservatory and secondary school. Many years later, Irina Evgenievna gratefully recalls what kind of titanic efforts her mother put into her education.
Irina Gribulina began her career at the age of 14. A lively and smiling girl was noted by representatives of the TV program "Alarm Clock" and was invited to become one of her presenters. Then Irina hosted such well-known and popular programs on Soviet TV as Morning Mail, Wider Circle and others.
At the time of students at the conservatory, Irina was invited by Arkady Raikin himself. The master of Soviet humor decided to entrust the young talent with the creation of music for his performances.
The capital was conquered. Not a single mass event or large-scale concert could do without young Irina Gribulina. But the girl for a long time could not decide what she would do after graduating from the conservatory - she would sing or write compositions for the leading soloists of the country.
The work of Irina Gribulina
As a child, Irina was actively engaged in vocals and performed on stage as a solo artist. At the conservatory, she was educated as a composer. Which direction to choose? She stood at a crossroads for a long time, wrote music and poetry "to the table", but they were not destined to stay there. A wide circle of acquaintances in a creative environment, the demand for her talent - it was impossible to vegetate with such “baggage”.
Very soon, the works of Gribulina sounded from the country's leading concert venues performed by famous vocalists:
- Kobzon
- Leontiev,
- Tolkunova
- Rymbaeva
- Veski and others.
In addition to pop music, Irina’s compositions could be heard in the children's comedy television magazine “Jumble”, they became anthems of several Baltic and Russian cities, sounded in films.
The songs of Irina Gribulina were performed by dramatic and film actors - Abdulov, Shakurov, Eremenko and Gurchenko. Musicals "came out" from her pen, she starred in the video for the song "Quarrel" with Karachintsev himself, released two copyright CDs.
Irina Gribulina is a versatile creative person. She "pushed" her career path herself, and many of her colleagues note that she is an unusually purposeful and professionally stubborn person, which is very important for success.
