Biography of musician Irina Vorontsova

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Irina Vorontsova is a world famous musician. A talented vocalist, teacher often participates in international festivals of contemporary musical art both in the Russian Federation and in foreign countries. Irina Vorontsova is a candidate of art history sciences. She has the title of Honored Worker of Culture of Russia.

Music education

Irina was born in the capital of Russia, the city of Moscow. From a young age she was fond of singing. Seeing her daughter's attraction to vocal art, her parents decided to give her a musical education. Until 1967, Ira studied at the Gnessin Moscow Special Secondary School of Music, where she chose music theory as her specialization. From 1967 to 1972 she was educated at the Moscow Conservatory. Here she preferred the theoretical and composing faculty.

Irina is learning from the great maestros. She studies solfeggio with A. Agazhanov, learns the magical world of harmony from S. Grigoriev, V. Protopopov introduces her to the genre of polyphonic music. Vorontsova wrote a thesis on the topic“Properties of consonance in Borodin's harmony”.

Creative Dawn

In 1978, I. Vorontsova defended her dissertation on the topic “T. Khrennikov's style and musical language”. Later, Irina holds the position of scientific secretary of the theoretical department.

At conferences she has to give lectures on topics related to the actual problems of the pedagogical activity of professional musicians. With great pleasure he is engaged in composing practice, where he proves to be a talented author. With the same enthusiasm, Irina Vorontsova performs songs written by her. Often her compositions are heard in the repertoires of famous vocalists. She participates in concerts, conducts creative lectures-seminars in different cities. Her name is known and respected in Germany, in the B altic countries, in M alta. The master classes she gives are popular with many teachers.

Honorary titles

Having a huge work experience, Irina is also engaged in teaching activities. She remembered 1993 as the year of receiving the academic title of associate professor. Her students successfully participate in regional and international competitions, from where they always bring diplomas of laureates and participants.

In 2003, she was awarded a certificate of honor by the Ministry of Culture and the trade union of workers in the field of culture of the Russian Federation. With great confidence, Irina Vorontsova says that musical creativity tends to free people from the tragedies that fill life.