Irina Dorofeeva, biography and photo

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Honored Artist of Belarus, Head of the Variety Art Department at the University of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, the world-famous singer is Irina Dorofeeva.

Dorofeeva Irina Arkadyevna was born in the city of Mogilev on July 6, 1977. At the age of 12 she became a soloist of the musical group "Rainbow" under the direction of N. Bordunova, who later became her mentor.

Creative path

In 1989, she won first place at the competition for young performers. After participating in the Molodechno competition in 1994, Vasily Rainchik noticed Irina Arkadyevna and invited her to work as a soloist in the Verasy ensemble. From 1997 to 1999, Irina Dorofeeva was a soloist of the State Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus. With the new team, she performed at many events, among them "Slavianski Bazaar", a performance at a concert in honor of the 850th anniversary of Moscow, concerts in honor of the City Day in Minsk.

The project created by Leonid Pronchak "Belarusian Song Workshop" has added jazz compositions to her repertoire. In 1998, together with Arkady Eskin's band, Irina Dorofeeva performed at the International Jazz Festival.

Since 1996, Yuri Savosh has been the producer of the singer, he also wrote many songs for her. Irina Arkadievna -winner of five competitions, these are the Golden Hit in 1998, Discovery-99, Vilnius-99, Vitebsk-99 and the Ivasyuk Ukrainian Song Festival.

Charity made easy

Irina Dorofeeva - one of the most famous Belarusian performers, gives many concerts outside her country. In 2001 and 2002, the Irina Dorofeeva Song Theater gave 435 concerts throughout the republic. Nearly half of all performances were charitable. Concerts were held in all cities, towns, villages where there were concert halls, almost one and a half million people attended her concerts.

Since the beginning of 2004, the singer has been conducting annual tours “Under the Peaceful Sky”, within the framework of the action several concerts a day are held for residents and workers of the villages. Irina Dorofeeva spent 2004 and 2005 on tour as a soloist of the Presidential Orchestra of Belarus. In 2006, the singer gave a tour with the DALI group. In 2007, Irina Arkadyevna embodied her creative idea "Christmas with Friends".

Reach for the star

Of the big concert programs, one can single out a performance in the concert hall "Minsk" in 1999. In honor of the 10th anniversary of her creative and concert activity, Irina Dorofeeva performed at the Palace of the Republic in 2003. The concert was attended by the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, the ballet "Eos", the State Dance Ensemble, the dance group of Svetlana Gutkovskaya, the group "Camerata", musicians Nikolai Neronsky andArkady Eskin. Photos of Irina Dorofeeva hung on posters throughout the country. Later, a video version of the Kakhanachka concert was released.

The next such a large-scale concert Irina Dorofeeva gave in 2007. "Kupala of Irina Dorofeeva: Festival of the Elements" was held at the Mir Castle. The concert was attended by about 400 musicians, dancers and artists who recreated the atmosphere of the Slavic holiday. The concert was attended by 120 thousand spectators, including President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko.

Plans for later

The biography of Irina Dorofeeva also included television projects. She was the host of the Entertainment Planet, Big Breakfast programs, the Soyuz TV magazine.

Now Irina Arkadyevna performs with the Force Minor musical group. In recent years they have performed in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Armenia and Poland. More than three hundred performances all over the country were given by Irina Dorofeeva with her creative team. The new concert program includes songs written by such celebrities as Tanich, Pakhmutova, Dobronravov, Muravyov, Melnik, Breitburg, Kavaleryan, Joksimovich.