Irina Vorontsova is a world famous musician. A talented vocalist, teacher often participates in international festivals of modern musical art both in the Russian Federation and in foreign countries. Irina Vorontsova is a candidate of art sciences. She has the title of Honored Worker of Culture of Russia.
Musical 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 Gnesins Moscow Special Secondary School of Music, where she chose the theory of music as her specialization. From 1967 to 1972 she was educated at the Moscow Conservatory. Here she preferred the faculty of composition.
Irina learns from the great maestro. At A. Agazhanov, he studies solfeggio, learns the magical world of harmony from S. Grigoriev, V. Protopopov introduces her to the genre of polyphonic music. Vorontsova wrote her thesis on the topic “Properties of Consonance in Borodin Harmony”.
Creative dawn
In 1978, I. Vorontsova defended her thesis on “Style and Musical Language of T. Khrennikov”. Later, Irina holds the position of scientific secretary of the theoretical department.
At conferences, she has to give lectures on topics related to pressing issues of the pedagogical activity of professional musicians. With great pleasure he is engaged in composer practice, where he manifests himself as a talented author. With the same enthusiasm, Irina Vorontsova performs songs written by her. Often her compositions sound in the repertoires of famous vocalists. She participates in concerts, conducts creative lectures and seminars in different cities. Her name is known and respected in Germany, in the Baltic countries, in Malta. The master classes that she gives are popular with many educators.
