Previously, the headlines of the most famous newspapers were full of the talented jazz singer Irina Otieva. She bathed in the rays of glory, and this was all her merit. The singer was popular not only in the Soviet Union, but also abroad. Later, the media stopped writing about Irina. Where did she disappear to?
Biography
In the family of doctors in the late 50s, a girl named Irina was born. Tbilisi (Georgia) is her homeland, but her parents have Armenian roots. The family had the surname Otyan, but Irina decided to change it, make it closer to Russian, and therefore she still bears the surname Otieva.
Irina's love for music began from her youth. She loved to sing, she had good data to become a singer. At the age of 17, she took part in a festival dedicated to jazz music. She came home a winner, it was the first time. Immediately after the festival, Yuri Chugunov offered her a job. Parents at that moment believed that their daughter would become famous and be able to surprise everyone.
Study and work
After school, Irina entered the Gnesins' school, as she planned to enter the pop department in the vocal class. She was an energetic student, she managed to do a lot. Irina was constantly drawn to knowledge.
She went to additional vocal classes at a jazz studio, and also worked part-time in the orchestra of Joseph Kobzon and in the jazz group of Igor Bril. She perfectly combined work with studies, a talented person, there is no other way to call it. 
Later, she began to tour not only in the Fatherland, but also abroad. She participated in various competitions, including international ones. She performed jazz in Russian for the first time. Irina charmed everyone with her magical voice of 3.5 octaves, and there are only 8 octaves. Most of today's pop singers have a voice of 2 octaves. To become famous, she worked day and night, never gave up, went only forward.
Personal life
Irina is a spectacular woman, she could conquer any man with one glance. Cavaliers always coiled around her like snakes. She had affairs but never married. Sometimes she met with men for a long time, but their relationship did not develop into a happy family. Rumor has it that a long time ago she loved a man who betrayed her. And since then, on a subconscious level, she does not trust men.
Most of all in her life she dreamed of a child. She had been waiting for this moment for a long time and, finally, a miracle happened. She gave birth to a beautiful daughter and named her Zlata. The girl's father was a married man and did not want to leave his wife for Irina.
Zlata is a beautiful daughter, she was always smart and well-mannered, Irina put her whole soul into the baby. The girl did not follow in the footsteps of her mother, she entered the faculty of journalism, which she is very glad about.
Life today
Fans are interested in how Irina Otieva lives now. Irina has been a pensioner for three years now. She did not change her habits with her retirement, she also lives in a big way. He works as a teacher in Gnesinka, participates in tours, although he does not go abroad as often as before. 
From time to time she comes to the show as an expert or jury. Once she came to one TV program, and no one recognized her. She has changed outwardly, but not for the better. The cheekbones on the face began to stand out, she lost weight. The skin sagged on the neck, chest and face. And the make-up only added age to her. Everyone was sure that Otieva was overcome by a terrible illness. 
It turned out that she was not sick with anything, but was simply undergoing a course of weight loss. But who does she want to make a fool of? We all know that with a sharp drop in excess weight, the skin becomes flabby and sagging. 
Irina has always had piquant seductive forms. This is what made her different from the pretty models. Weight loss did not suit her, she began to look worse, even her age is now difficult to determine.
It's probably better to gradually lose weight. Eat right and go to the gym. And if you can’t buy a fitness subscription, you can fully exercise at home. 
The singer smokes a lot, so her skin is yellowish. Smoking does not add up in the most favorable way on appearance. Wrinkles also appear from addiction. In addition, she likes alcohol, but not everyone. Prefers to drink Bloody Mary or vodka and soda. Her body does not perceive other alcohol, an allergy begins. 
Irina keeps in touch with her large Armenian relatives. In the summer, she travels to a country house with her family, even grows vegetables.
The singer cannot boast of having friends, she simply does not have them. He does not attend social events, does not want to see the envious and flattering looks of people. 
Irina also began to actively participate in political programs. She became a member of the Yabloko party, but did not achieve any political victories. On account of her participation in only a few different campaign programs.
Nevertheless, Otieva is praised by millions. Her voice and jazz music are the perfect combination in one outstanding person. It doesn't matter how often she performs in public. The main songs that she gives to fans. She is appreciated and loved for her chic talent.
The main thing is that the woman is happy and is satisfied with a measured quiet life in retirement.
Irina Otieva was born under the sign of Scorpio (November 22) in Tbilisi. From an early age she was associated with music: she graduated from a music school in piano, performed in various vocal and instrumental ensembles, and participated in competitions. The first victory of Irina Otieva is the laureate at the jazz festival, which was held in Moscow in 1976. In the same year, Irina Otieva entered the pop department of the State Musical College. Gnesins, which he graduated from in 1980. At the same time, she is a soloist of the Igor Bril jazz ensemble and studies at the Moscow Experimental Jazz Studio, in the class of jazz vocals.
Upon graduation, Irina Otieva received an invitation to a jazz orchestra conducted by Oleg Lundstrem.
Having worked there until 1985, Irina Otieva performed such popular songs as "One Hundred Hours of Happiness", "Two", etc. During her work in the orchestra, Irina Otieva became the owner of many awards. In 1982 - the first prize in the All-Russian competition for the best performance of a Soviet song. In the same year - the laureate at the Berlin competition "8 hits in the studio".
In 1983 - the first prize at the VII All-Union Competition of Variety Artists and Grand Prix at the International Song Competition of the Baltic Countries (Sweden, Karlshamn). At these competitions, Irina Otieva performed jazz in Russian for the first time. But for this success, Irina Otieva was "rewarded" with violent discontent from the Ministry of Culture of the USSR and the State Concert. The role of a jazz singer is assigned to her, which went against the Soviet performing style. Irina Otieva is no longer filmed in television programs, broadcast on the radio and is not allowed to go abroad, which turned into almost three years of oblivion.
In 1985, Irina Otieva began working at the Moscow Concert Organization and created the Stimulus Band group, with which she has worked to this day. In 1986, Irina Otieva participated in the Sopot competition, where she received the title of laureate and a special jury award for high performing skills. In 1989, Irina Otieva graduated from the State Pedagogical Institute. Gnesins (variety faculty in the vocal class of I. D. Kobzon) and becomes a laureate of the International Television Competition "Step to Parnassus". During these years, Irina Otieva has been participating in many major international programs:
"Stars of Europe" in Stockholm, "Bratislava Lira", "Inter-Talent" in Prague. She toured in Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Cuba, Czech Republic, Korea, Slovakia, Vietnam, USA, Japan, Denmark, Sweden and others. , and in 1995 Irina Otieva performed at the World Jazz Festival J.V.C. - in New York at Lincoln Center on the same stage with Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder.
In 1995, Irina Otieva had a daughter, Zlata. In 1996, Irina Otieva celebrates the 20th anniversary of her creative activity, which is accompanied by the release of the CD "Twenty Years in Love". The album includes songs performed from 1979 to 1995, starting with "The Last Poem" (a song from the movie "You Never Dreamed") and ending with the last composition "Passion" for that period. In 1997, Irina Otieva was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. Her songs have been included in more than 20 records and music collections on various media. Irina Otieva starred in two feature films ("Thirst for Passion" directed by A. Kharitonov and "Jester's Revenge" directed by B. Blank) and sang songs in more than 60 films. In her concert performances, Irina Otieva performs parts on almost all musical instruments, including drums. He has a unique voice with a range of three and a half octaves. At the end of 2000, Irina Otieva prepared material for a new album, which was called "My Angel".
Discography:
"Irina Otieva sings" (LP-minion - Melody, 1984),
"Music is my love" (LP - Melody, 1984),
"Rock and Roll" (LP-minion - Melody, 1987),
"Nostalgia for Myself" (LP - Melody, 1988),
"Don't cry, baby" (LP - Melody, 1993),
"What do you think about it?" (CD, MC - Sintez Records, 1994),
"20 Years in Love" (CD, MC - Soyuz, 199
2017! where and how the famous jazz singer Irina Otieva lives now is of interest to all her fans and not only.
Having retired three years ago and sadly celebrating this event, Irina did not stop living her life, which had already taken shape. She still teaches at the Gnesinka, continues to tour, although not with the same activity.
She is invited to sing at corporate parties and in various concerts. The singer's new life may seem dull, but in her own words, that's enough for her. After all, it is no longer possible to lead a touring life with such activity as in youth.
Sometimes she is invited to various shows, but not as a singer, but as an expert or guest. Here, on one of them, no one recognized the famous singer. She looked very bad: haggard and thin, with loose skin and disgusting makeup.
This program blew up the entire Internet, the fans decided that Otieva was seriously ill. It’s good that these assumptions were not confirmed, but I can 100% believe that she is undergoing a weight loss course. Only with a sharp drop in weight and ignoring physical exercises, the following picture occurs: the skin sags, and facial features “blur”.
Irina has always been a lady of medium fullness and looked beautiful and familiar to the viewer. Having dramatically lost weight, she began to look not like a slender, well-groomed middle-aged woman, but turned into a tired lady of indeterminate age. Just, when going on a diet, do not forget about physical exercises so that the skin is toned and not flabby - this is advice for those who want to lose weight. But, and the singer got what happened.
Irina lives a simple life, keeps in close contact with her numerous Armenian relatives, in the summer she goes to the dacha with her household, where she likes to dig in the beds and, by the way, grows a good harvest. She rarely goes to social events because she is bored there.
According to the singer herself, she is not friends with anyone from show business, but she simply does not want to drink “according to the protocol” - it is almost impossible to find real friends in this evil type of activity due to constant touring or elementary envy of successful ones.
However, Otieva has not ceased to be the idol of millions of people. Her voice and manner of performance will forever remain in people's hearts as an example of jazz creativity.
And it doesn't matter if she performs at concerts, sings in various programs and on the radio, true fans of creativity will never stop admiring her voice.
Irina Otieva was very popular in the Soviet Union, and later in Russia in the 80s and 90s. Many people fell in love with her work, thanks to the melodrama “You never dreamed of”, where Irina sang the song “I'm sailing away, and time carries me from edge to edge”. However, Otieva is no longer a pop, but still a jazz singer. Some are sure that she owes her voice to her roots.
Otieva or Otiyan?
Irina Adolfovna Otieva is a native of the Georgian SSR. She was born in 1958 in the capital of the republic, Tbilisi. It was there that Irina spent her childhood and youth. From there, in the 70s, she left to conquer Moscow, where she entered the Gnessin School.
Irina's parents were Armenians by nationality. If you shift the name of the artist to the Armenian way, you get "Otiyan". “Otieva” is already a Russified version, the authorship of which belongs to the singer herself.
The fact that the Otiyans lived in Georgia is not really something out of the ordinary. Representatives of this nationality settled on the territory of this country, and in Tbilisi itself in particular, even in antiquity. That is why many local Armenian clans are hundreds of years old. The family of Irina Otieva was no exception.
The ancient family of Amatuni
The singer is one of the descendants of the Armenian princely family of Amatuni, information about which dates back to the 4th century. The founders of this clan lived on the territory between the salt lakes of Van (modern Turkey) and Urmia (modern Iran).
One of the representatives of Amatuni, Vakhan, was a famous commander and commander of the king of Great Armenia Trdat III. It is noteworthy that it was under this ruler, or rather in 301, that Christianity became the state religion. Members of the Amatuni dynasty are also mentioned as vassals of other eminent families of Artsruni and Mkhargrdzeli.
According to the charter of the Georgian king Erekle II of 1784, the princely origin of the Amatuni surname was confirmed by kinship with the ancestor who had this title. In the 19th century, the Amatunis were inscribed in the genealogical book of the Tiflis province.
Recently known for her puritanical views, the singer Irina OTIEVA shocked the musical crowd by getting herself a lover who is 29 years younger than her. The couple lives in a civil marriage, and is going to play a magnificent wedding in the fall.
Vladimir POZHARSKY, Dmitry LIFANTSEV
Rodion Babayan was born and raised in the small Kabardino-Balkarian town of Maisky. As a child, he was friends with Vitya Belan, who is now known under the pseudonym Dima Bilan. Cute boys were connected by a great love for art. And at that early stage, Rodya even outperformed Vitya, becoming the owner of the Grand Prix at the Starfall regional children's art competition and receiving a diploma of the 1st degree at the Morning Star competition. After that, Babayan had one road - to the stage.
After graduating from school, Rodion went to Moscow, where he entered the pop-jazz vocal faculty of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. Irina Otieva became his teacher.
Guessed with a bouquet
Before meeting with Rodion, Otieva was already completely disappointed in men. She lived with her former husband, concert manager Alexei Danchenko, for 12 years, but her daughter Zlata was born after their divorce in 1995. Having become a mother for the first time at the age of 37, Irina began to give all her love and care to the only close person - her baby.
Men have become uninteresting to me, ”Otieva said quite recently. - When I see them, almost instantly there is a feeling that I know everything about everyone for a long time: what he will say, what he will laugh at, how he will start courting. And if the blood does not boil, then why start a relationship? For 12 years, none of her many fans could win the heart of a star. No one could have imagined that an impregnable stronghold would be conquered almost overnight by a beardless youth with a magnificent body and a tenor voice. After a month of classes, Irina and Rodion began to linger in the audience for a long time and went outside together after dark.
As soon as I saw Irochka, I immediately fell head over heels in love with her, - Rodion admitted. - She seemed so defenseless to me that I wanted to kiss her gently, and then take her in my arms and cradle all night. But for a very long time he did not dare to declare his love. If it wasn't for the occasion...
As I now understand, Ira also laid eyes on me, and how, more experienced and courageous, she herself took the first step. Once, when the bell announced the end of classes, Otieva looked sternly at the bustling students and rapped out: - And you, Babayan, I will ask you to stay. - All right, Irina Adolfovna, - Rodion nodded obediently. Then there was the first official date on Sunday, at which Rodion presented Otieva with a huge bouquet of chrysanthemums. He guessed. As it turned out later, these are the singer's favorite flowers.
Now like a girl
Now Irina and Rodya live together, and in the fall they are going to get married. In the evenings, the young man prepares satsivi for his adored woman and mixes the Bloody Mary cocktail. Otieva in the seventh heaven from his care and attention.
In order to go out together and not catch the eye of the age difference, Irina tries to keep herself in shape, and the other day she changed her image altogether. While the singer's stylist conjured over her hair, Rodion stood by and carefully watched the make-up artist's hands.
Oh, Irochka, you have become just like a girl, - the young man smiled. “The students at the conservatory won’t recognize you!”
