Krasnov Boris Arkadyevich, stage designer: biography, personal life, achievements

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

Krasnov Boris Arkadyevich (nee Reuter) was born on January 22, 1961 in Kyiv.

In 1978, young Borya Roiter graduated from the Taras Shevchenko Art School.

After which he decided to enter the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. His teacher was Daniil Leader, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR and laureate of the USSR State Prize.

The beginning of Boris Krasnov's journey

The year 1980 became significant in the artist's biography. Staged by Boris Arkadyevich, the play "Romeo and Juliet" was sold out for 5 seasons. The surname Krasnov appeared during this creative period and was at first a pseudonym, and later became the official surname of the producer.

Creativity

In the same year, Boris joined the Lesya Ukrainka Theater, where he acted as a painter.

In 1987, Boris received the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine for ornamenting the performance “So we will win” (Zaporozhye Regional Theater for Young Spectators).

From 1987 to 1989 he completed a two-year internship at the Moscow Theater. Lenin Komsomol.

Achievements

Under the leadership of Alexander Abdulov, Boris Krasnov became the chief artist in the Moscow association "Lenkom".

From 1989 to 1993, Boris took part in the design of the Moscow International Film Festival and began working together with Alla Borisovna Pugacheva.

In 1992, under the leadership of Boris Krasnov, Krasnov Design, Russia's leading scenographic company, was established.

From 1996 to 2004, Krasnov designed the First World Festival-Competition called "Golden Bear", which was held in Moscow.

He also designed the opening ceremony of the VI World Championships in Athletics. Location - the central stadium "Kolomarmaros" in Athens.

In 2000, Boris Krasnov worked as a production designer for the State Kremlin Palace.

Then follows another fateful event - 2004, in which B. Krasnov was appointed head of the Moscow Hall of Celebrations "Forum Hall".

The World Universal Exhibition "Expo-2010" did not go without Krasnov.

The stage designer has completed about 3,500 projects throughout his creative career, including competitions, festivals, presentations, and more.

Cooperation

All leading artists participated in his projects - Lyudmila Gurchenko, Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev, Philip Kirkorov, Iosif Kobzon, Lev Leshchenko, Laima Vaikule, Larisa Dolina, Irina Allegrova, Alexander Malinin, Irina Shvedova, Igor Demarin, Valery Meladze, Alexander Rosenbaum and many others.

This list also includes foreign artists such as Elton John, Eros Ramazzotti, Sarah Brightman and several foreign bands.

Under the direction of Boris Krasnov, performances were staged in many leading theaters in Russia. Also, many theaters owe him the production and design of 167 grandiose performances.

Krasnov's projects

Many famous artists partly owe the success of the show to the work of B. Krasnov:

• Lyudmila Gurchenko with the film-concert “I Love”.
• Alla Pugacheva - "Christmas meetings" and the anniversary show "Dreams of Love", held in 2000.
• Maya Plisetskaya - with her concert "Straight from the Bolshoi", held in New York, USA, in 1996.
• Valery Leontiev - innovative show "On the Road to Hollywood", held in Russia in March 1996.
• Ray Charles - anniversary concert in honor of the 70th anniversary, held in Moscow in 2000.
• Valery Leontiev - with his show "The Nameless Planet" in Moscow in 2001.
• Philip Kirkorov - with his show “The Other”, which was presented on the stage of the Kremlin Palace.

Many universal exhibitions and events designed by Krasnov,took place in the interim periods.

Personal life of Boris Krasnov

Boris's wife is Evgenia Gurini, who worked as a model for fashion designers such as Vyacheslav Zaitsev and Valentin Yudashkin.

This is Evgenia's second marriage, she inherited an exotic surname from her first husband.

She met Boris Arkadyevich Krasnov at a fashion show. Valentin Yudashkin, who invited Boris to design the scenery, introduced Krasnov to Evgenia. Evgenia Gurini, being married at that time, could not resist Krasnov's courtship and soon allowed him to achieve her love. Their wedding took place in a modest restaurant.

After marriage, Evgenia decided to give up her modeling career and devote herself to family and children.

Now their daughter Darina is 26 years old. She successfully blogs on Instagram.

Boris Krasnov's son Daniil is 23 years old, he avoids public life.

Stroke in Krasnov's life

2011 was a fatal year for Boris Arkadyevich. He was accused of extorting authorized capital (about 5 million rubles) from the Inconnect group of companies. Krasnov and his accomplices (4 more officials were suspected) were threatened with 15 years in prison. Against the backdrop of this trumped-up accusation, Krasnov suffered a severe stroke that turned into a coma.

In the court, which Krasnov failed to attend, his lawyer nevertheless convinced the members of the court to stop the trial and release Krasnov on bail of 5 million rubles.

Inflammation of the lungs, a massive hematoma, a right-sided stroke - all this only complicated his treatment, which was taking place at that time in Switzerland. In his interview, Boris recalls that he managed to take the first step after treatment only after a few months.

It is important to note the feasible contribution of Russian pop stars of the first magnitude (such as A. Pugacheva and I. Kobzon). They actively helped the artist both morally and financially, they found the best doctors.

Krasnov was able to return to Russia four years after his stroke. During this time, Boris Arkadyevich managed to overcome terrible pains and learn to walk and talk again.

In 2014, a new investigation into the case of extortion was conducted and no corpus delicti was found in the actions of Boris Arkadyevich.

Despite the problems with speech, the artist does not lose optimism. In 2017, he attended the concert of Philip Kirkorov, the sketches for the scenery of which Krasnov personally made.

And before that, Boris Krasnov visited Andrei Malakhov's studio, where he participated in the program "Tonight".

Now Boris Arkadyevich is actively training, developing coordination of movements, memory and speech. He is sure that the higher powers did not leave him on this earth in vain and is determined to recover in order to do good deeds.