Women's stories 07/18/1998 (1998)

Irina Ponarovskaya was born in Leningrad.

The music was played by everyone in the family, except for the grandmother, who brought up the children.

After graduating from school, Ira entered the conservatory.

Not wanting to be a burden to the family, the girl decided to go to work.

I did not work very long at the concertmaster at the music school, and one day my father, who was skeptical about the daughter's desire to sing, suddenly said: "My friend is looking for a soloist for his ensemble, I recommended you."

Ira was auditioned and entrusted with two songs, so she became a soloist of VIA "Singing Guitars".

Popularity to Irina came after "Singing Guitars" created a rock opera "Orpheus and Eurydice".

This work not only shocked our country, solid Western music publications called the opera the most significant work in the style of rock music of the 1970s.

Irina Ponarovskaya, who performed the part of Eurydice, became the most fashionable singer.

A new stage in her life began in 1976, when she won the first prize in Dresden at the international music festival, and then there was Sopot-76, where Irina became the Grand Prix winner.

She was at the height of popularity, she had many admirers, but she did not intend to marry the singer.

In 1977, Irina moved to Moscow and after a while received an invitation to the orchestra of Oleg Lundstrem; in subsequent years, worked hard, acted in films and various TV programs, graduated from the conservatory.

Her personal life was legendary, she was forced into lovers of generals and elderly musicians, filmmakers and famous foreign singers, but in fact she worked on wear and tread on tours.

Irina was infatuated infrequently, she was married only three times, although her whole life dreamed of falling in love once and for all ...