Igor Krutoy was born on July 29, 1954, in Haivoron. 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 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. 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 musicmarket leader in the Commonwealth of Independent States countries.
Family
Igor Krutoy's father Yakov Krutoy is Jewish. He worked as a freight forwarder at "RADIODETAL" factory in Haivoron. His mother Svetlana worked as laboratory specialist at sanitary and epidemiological station. His sister Alla Krutaya, is the author and host of Laskavo prosymo show at TV company "Ukraine". Alla has been living in United States since 1993, she is married to Italian lawyer Anthony Baratta, and they have one daughter, Natasha, who is a student.
Private life
first spouse – Yelena Krutaya
*son Nikolai Krutoy
second spouse – Olga Krutaya, since 1995. Olga Krutaya lives in New Jersey, United States and is running a business there. Igor and Olga have one daughter together:
* Aleksandra.
* step daughter Victoriya, she is a singer, graduated from high school in New Jersey
Krutoy is head of ARS owns 25% of Muz-TV which plays Russian popmusic videos. Since 2002, ARS also organizes the New Wave for young performers of popular music with Raimonds Pauls and Alla Pugacheva. As a management agency, ARS has signed artists such as Sopho Khalvashi.
Recordings
Album Madonna with Aleksander Serov, 1988.
Album Ya plachu with Aleksander Serov, 1991.
Album How Is It in Russia? with Rose Sisters, 1992.
Album Ya Tuchi Razvedu Rukami with Irina Allegrova, 1996.
Album Nezakonchenniy Roman with Irina Allegrova 1998.
