Irina Uvarova

Irina Uvarova, Irina Borisovna Uvarova (Russian: Ирина Борисовна Уварова) - Soviet singer, teacher, actress, widow of the famous songwriter Alexander Zhigarev, since 1995, has been working in the Moscow Drama Theater "Benefis".

Family
Husband - Alexander Zhigarev (1938-1987) - songwriter, journalist.

Biography
Born in a musical family. Irina's father was a famous musician, played the piano and accordion, worked as an accompanist with Lyudmila Zykina. She graduated from the music school in piano, then the music department of the Pedagogical Institute. She worked as a concertmaster at Mosconcert, then became a soloist in the famous VIA Blue Guitars - she sang folk songs, foreign hits, songs of Soviet composers. Subsequently, she began to perform independently - as a pop singer, having worked for thirty years at the Mosconcert. She participated in various competitions, was a laureate of the international competition in Zelyonaya Gora, a diploma winner of the variety artists competition in Leningrad, performed songs by Roman Mayorov, Vyacheslav Dobrynin, David Tukhmanov, Sergey Berezin, Albert Arutyunov and other composers. The duet of Irina Uvarova and Nikolai Karachentsov “What should I give you?” Was especially popular in the 80s.

In the 1990s, Irina Uvarova had to stop concert activity and leave the stage. Currently works as a music director at the Moscow Drama Theater "Benefis".