Igor Armenovich Sarukhanov (russian: Игорь Арменович Саруханов, born on April 6, 1956,
Samarkand
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) is a Russian pop musician, composer and artist of
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
n descent, as well as
Meritorious Artist
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...
of Russia (1997).
He finished the Musical college of Moscow. He was a member of
Tsvety
Tsvety (russian: link=no, Цветы, lit=The Flowers) is a Soviet and Russian rock band that, according to ''Itogi'' magazine, "started all Russian alternative culture". It was one of the first bands to introduce rock music to the Soviet show bu ...
Soviet rock band, worked with
Alla Pugachyova
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, ) (born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of ...
,
Anne Veski etc. Since 1985 he started a solo-career and already has 10 albums released during this period, including 4 LPs in USSR. He was most popular artist in USSR, like Yuri Antonov, Valeri Leontiev.
References
External links
Official siteIgor Sarukhanov at Peoples.ru
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1956 births
Soviet musicians
Uzbekistani musicians
Russian people of Armenian descent
Living people
Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
Soviet male singers
Soviet composers
Soviet male composers
Armenian composers
Russian male composers
Soviet Armenians
Uzbekistani people of Armenian descent
People from Samarkand
20th-century Russian male singers
Russian chanson