Irina Sergeyevna Brzhevskaya (; 27 December 192917 April 2019) was a Russian pop singer and soprano.

Early life

Irina was born in Moscow in the family of People's Artist of the RSFSR Sergey Brzhesky. In her childhood she studied ballet and theatrical circles of the Pioneers Palace.

Irina Brzhevskaya

In 1947, entered the vocal department of the musical school, transformed in 1951 into the department of musical comedy of GITIS. He studied with Boris Pokrovsky.

Irina Brzhevskaya

Career

In 1953 Irina was accepted as a soloist in a railway jazz orchestra under the direction of Dmitry Pokrass. Two years later Brzhevskaya performed with the orchestra of Eddie Rosner.

Irina Brzhevskaya

In 1957 she became the organizer of ensemble Vesna (), with which she performed until 1991.

Recognition

Winner of the festival of pop songs in Dresden (1964) Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1978) Order of Honour (2000)

Personal life

Her husband Vladimir Zabrodin (born 1930) was a trumpeter.

References

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Ирина Бржевская

Ирина Бржевская. Девушка с характером.

1929 births

2019 deaths

Singers from Moscow

Soviet sopranos

Russian sopranos

Soviet pop singers

Russian pop singers

20th-century Russian women singers

21st-century Russian women singers

Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Honored Artists of the RSFSR Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni