Irina Ponarovskaya was born on March 12, 1953 in Leningrad in a family of musicians. Her father is Vitaly Borisovich Ponarovsky, her mother is Nina Nikolaevna Arnoldi.
At the age of six, Irina sat down for the piano for the first time. As a teenager, she graduated from the music school at the Conservatory, where she studied the harp and piano. From the age of fifteen, Ponarovskaya studied in the vocal studio with the famous teacher Lina Borisovna Arkhangelskaya.
In early September 1971, Irina
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Irina Ponarovskaya was born on March 12, 1953 in Leningrad in a family of musicians. Her father is Vitaly Borisovich Ponarovsky, her mother is Nina Nikolaevna Arnoldi.
At the age of six, Irina sat down for the piano for the first time. As a teenager, she graduated from the music school at the Conservatory, where she studied the harp and piano. From the age of fifteen, Ponarovskaya studied in the vocal studio with the famous teacher Lina Borisovna Arkhangelskaya.
In early September 1971, Irina decided to enter the Leningrad Conservatory.
From 1971 to 1976, she was a soloist of the ensemble “Singing Guitars”, and then became a soloist of “Singers”.
In 1975, she was offered the role of Eurydice in the first Soviet rock opera called Orpheus and Eurydice. In the same year, she became a guest of the festival in Dresden.
In 1976, Irina Ponarovskaya decided to move to Moscow, where she became a soloist of the famous jazz orchestra under the leadership of Oleg Lundstrem.
Irina takes part in the creation of the film
Krakatuk nut In 1977.
1979 was a fateful year for her. The actress is experiencing clinical death due to kidney disease.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Irina actively starred in films and appeared on television in the programs “Song of the Year”, “Obvious and Incredible”, “Morning Mail”, “Around Laughter”, “Hit Parade Ostankino”, annually takes part in a concert for the Day of Police. At one time Irina was the host of the TV show “Alarm clock”.
In 1993, the singer released her first album titled “This is how my life goes”. And in February of the same year she starred in the video for the song “This is how my life goes”. In the mid-1990s, Irina was the host of the program “Fitness class Irina Ponarovskaya”. It was for this program that the presenter developed her own set of exercises and diet.
In the 2000s, Ponarovskaya tried to run her own business, but the experience was unsuccessful. She now lives with her son in Norway.