Biography of actor, director and musician Igor Mirkurbanov: photos, children, personal life

It is difficult to define in one word who Igor Vitalievich Mirkurbanov is. This is a very multifaceted person, who is called a theater and film actor, singer, director and TV presenter. The artist was moving to Israel, as Igor thought, forever. He returned to Russia, where in 2021 he received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.

It’s interesting that the artist’s acting career was a thorny path. In her youth, the future celebrity did not think about theater stages and film sets, but studied at technical universities. How did this man, having started his artistic career so late, achieve brilliant results? Read the biography of Igor Mirkurbanov and find out.

Family and childhood

The surname Mirkurbanov gives rise to insinuations about the actor’s nationality. The man was born in Kazakhstan, but is not a member of the indigenous nation. The fact is that political dissidents were exiled to these parts of the republic under the tsarist regime and during the Stalinist repressions.

The latter included Mikhail Mirkurbanov, our hero’s paternal grandfather. The native Muscovite was arrested in the late 1930s. He fought throughout World War II in a penal company. He returned from the front with the rank of captain. He married and settled on Sretenka, but together with his wife Galina Trofimovna Pryadilnikova he was exiled to Kazakhstan.

Igor's maternal grandfather, Ivan Lenichev, was shot during Stalin's reign as a class alien - the director of a brick factory. The parents of the future actor were born in Shymkent.

Father Vitaly Mikhailovich worked as a civil engineer, and mother Galina Ivanovna worked as a librarian. The son, who was born on October 2, 1964, was not the only child. Igor has a sister, one year older than him.

Note: The future actor went to high school not at the age of 7, like all children, but at less than 6. The parents decided: let the baby study with his sister, they will sit at the same desk, the older one will help the younger one with his homework. It turned out that there was no need to help: the talented child studied only with fours and fives.

During the Khrushchev “thaw,” the family moved to Kemerovo, where Igor received his matriculation certificate. The father of the future artist sang excellently and played the accordion. The 4-year-old boy had his own harmonica. And then the parents, noticing musical talent in their son, bought the boy a piano. For a long time, Igor regarded music exclusively as a “leisure hobby.”

Igor Mirkurbanov in his youth

Childhood

Igor was born in the Kazakh city of Shymkent (Chimkent).
His paternal grandfather, Mikhail Mirkurbanov, a Muscovite, a hero of World War II, was a victim of Stalin’s repressions and fought in a penal battalion, but returned to Moscow with the rank of captain and settled in an apartment on Sretenka with his wife Galina. He was arrested again and, together with his wife, deported to Kazakhstan. My maternal grandfather, the head of a brick factory, was shot. The Mirkurbanovs' neighbors in the yard were also mostly relatives of the repressed - Russians, Jews, Koreans, Germans. Father, Vitaly Mikhailovich Mirkurbanov, received three technical educations and worked as a civil engineer, in his free time from his main job he made custom drawings. Mom, Galina Ivanovna Lenicheva, worked in the library.

Young Igor Mirkurbanov

The parents were creative, intelligent people and tried to instill in Igor and his older sister a love of science and art. Igor learned to read early and loved spending time in his mother’s library. My father sang well and played the accordion, so the family often had real musical evenings.

Igor also inherited musical abilities - he quickly mastered playing the piano, which was very useful in his future profession. Igor grew up as a smart and inquisitive boy, keenly interested in what was happening around him. Igor was sent to school in 1970 along with his sister, who was a year older. Although the boy was not yet six years old, he very soon became one of the best students in the class and all subsequent years he studied with A's and B's.

Education

Since childhood, Igor has been an adventurous, risky guy. Having received a matriculation certificate at the age of 15, the teenager went with a classmate (who was 17) to Moscow to enter the capital’s university. Without relatives and friends, without big money, the teenagers found themselves in the metropolis. Luck smiled on Igor, and he entered the Gas and Oil Institute. True, things didn’t work out with his studies: the young man was expelled for “farting.”

Note: Our hero explains: “In those times of total shortage, everyone traded what they could - from toothpaste to clothes.”

The guy worked at the factory for two months, making parts for 0.2 kopecks apiece. The experience gave the young man an insight into the life of the proletariat. The next year, Igor entered Tomsk Polytechnic. However, a most unpleasant story happened: Igor brought marijuana from his small homeland “to try,” although he did not use drugs.

One of the students reported and the guy was arrested. The young man spent 15 days in a cell, but got off with a light sentence - 2 years probation. The university decided to “clear the ranks” of problem students; the student failed the exam. When the guy tried to prove the teachers’ bias, the dean’s office coldly said: “You won’t study with us.”

In Kemerovo, Igor was ashamed to return to his parents and got a job as a gravedigger in a cemetery. It was a difficult period of life when the guy lost faith in himself. One day, the young man got so drunk that he fell into a hole he dug with his own hands and almost froze to death at -40 C.

Igor's sister settled in Novosibirsk. The young man went to see a relative. This time the young man chose not a technical, but a creative profession. Having a musical education, the guy entered the conservatory to study as a conductor. An unpleasant story happened again.

University students organized wall-to-wall fights, and one of the massacres took on a bloody scale. Many participants faced prison. Mirkurbanov foolishly decided to “play like a fool.” The young man had no idea that Soviet mental hospitals were worse than any prison. The young man spent 2 months in the institution, once he tried to escape.

Mirkurbanov is compared in appearance to Sergei Chelobanov

Note: “In a psychiatric hospital it is difficult not to become mentally damaged. Even now, decades later, remembering this period, my heart begins to beat in a special way,” says Mirkurbanov.

Igor was able to graduate from the conservatory and receive his first diploma - as a conductor of a symphony orchestra. During his student years, the guy did not shy away from any kind of extra work: he worked as a loader, a laborer on the railway, a salesman in a stall, and donated blood as a donor.

Mirkurbanov graduated from the Conservatory in 1985 and was sent to the House of Culture in the city of Yurga, Kemerovo Region. Igor was saved from mortal boredom by entering the Kemerovo Institute of Culture. There the young man met Andrei Panin, who studied at the directing department (Mirkurbanov himself studied at the acting department).

The friends were brought together by common interests and love of music. Friends founded a rock band and performed at student parties. Soon the friends decided to try their luck in Moscow. Igor failed to get into the Shchukin School or the Moscow Art Theater the first time.

We had to unload the cars again and donate blood. The next year, our hero submitted documents to GITIS and took the course of Mark Zakharov and Andrei Goncharov. Igor's adventurous character pushed the young man into new troubles, but this time it did not come to expulsion.

Difficult teenage years

When Igor turned fifteen, the family moved to Kemerovo, where Igor graduated from high school. Having received a certificate, Mirkurbanov went to Moscow with a friend and entered the Gubkin Institute of Oil and Gas Industry, but his studies did not work out. For three months (he couldn’t stand it any longer) he worked at a factory in his small homeland, making parts for cardan shafts in Chimkent. They paid 0.2 kopecks for one part, and in order to get a measly 7-8 rubles per shift and meet the quota, several thousand of them had to be made.

Actress Elena Karajova and Igor Mirkurbanov, late 1980s

Later, Igor admitted that, of course, he understood how poorly the working class lived, but he had no idea how much. From hard work at the factory, people only dreamed of getting drunk after a shift, and they all died after 50. Then the young man transferred to the Bauman Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, from where he was expelled for blackmail. This was followed by an attempt to continue his studies at the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute, from which he was also expelled three years later for his dark history with drugs. As a native of Shymkent, he was well acquainted with hemp and brought it to his comrades “to try,” although he himself did not smoke. One of his friends “surrendered” him to the police. As a result, Igor spent 15 days in a cell and received a 2-year suspended sentence.

Having learned about this, the TPI administration decided to get rid of the problem student. Igor was shamelessly “failed” in the exams, and when he went to the dean’s office, he heard the cold: “You won’t study with us.” After this, Igor temporarily lost his bearings in life and literally sank to the very bottom: he got a job as a gravedigger in a cemetery and one day got so drunk that he fell into a hole he had dug, miraculously surviving in the forty-degree frost.

The incident at the cemetery helped Mirkurbanov draw the right conclusions

Igor went to his sister in Novosibirsk and entered the conducting department of the local conservatory, which he successfully graduated in 1985. Although here, too, studies were turbulent: dormitory students often sorted things out in fights, and one of these fights acquired colossal proportions. All participants were threatened with prison, and Mirkurbanov decided to pretend to be crazy in order to avoid punishment. The trick worked, but he was forced to spend more than two months in a mental hospital. The actor still remembers this time with some kind of sacred horror: After university, he worked for some time at the House of Culture in the city of Yurga, Kemerovo region, and then entered the acting department of the Kemerovo Institute of Culture. It was there that he met Andrei Panin, who was studying directing.

Igor and Andrey turned out to have a lot in common - both were distinguished by their adventurous character, repeatedly got into scandalous stories and loved to drink. At the same time, they had extraordinary creative abilities and dreamed of demonstrating them to the world. Mirkurbanov and Panin even organized a rock band, with which they performed at student events. However, soon the friends felt cramped in Kemerovo, and they decided to take aim at Moscow.

Igor Mirkurbanov. The fate of a person The first time they failed to enter the capital’s university, the guys had to unload carriages, dig trenches and even donate blood in order to earn a piece of bread. He remembers well the indignation when he saw the capital's abundance of food - while in the provinces people were subsisting on bread and water. Igor lived with a relative whose apartment was located not far from GITIS.

Next door there was a famous beer hall, where students and teachers loved to spend time. It was they who persuaded our hero to enter GITIS, although at first he was more impressed by the Moscow Art Theater School and the Shchukin School. During the entrance exams, Mirkurbanov read a monologue of Prince Myshkin from Dostoevsky - not the most simple material, it is worth noting.

Mirkurbanov’s ability to immerse himself in an image was immediately appreciated

He got used to the character so deeply that he even began to choke from the surging emotions. The members of the admissions committee were greatly impressed by Igor’s performance, and after offering the guy some water, they unanimously sent him to the course of Andrei Goncharov and Mark Zakharov. Real luck smiled on Mirkurbanov, although this time there was some drinking, absenteeism and scandalous stories. However, Goncharov himself stood up for him, who could not allow such an extraordinary, talented and impressive student to be expelled from the university.

Early career (1992-2012)

After graduating from GITIS in 1990, Mirkurbanov joined the troupe of the capital's theater. Mayakovsky. In the second year of work, the aspiring actor was invited to play in the play by Israeli director Yevgeny Arie.

It turned out that the latter arrived in Russia for a reason: the director was selecting talented actors for the new Gesher Theater. Arya liked his work in the production of “Rosenkrantz and Guildestern are Dead” so much that he invited Igor Vitalievich to Israel.

At first, the actor was involved in Russian-language performances:

• "At the bottom";
• "Cabal of the Saints";
• "Idiot";
• "Tartuffe".

Actor Mirkurbanov in character

When Mirkurbanov mastered Hebrew, he began performing in Israeli productions. Igor Vitalievich also made his first directorial experience on the stage of Gesher, directing The Cherry Orchard, Moscow-Petushki, and All My Sons. In Israel, the actor gained popularity on screen, starring in the military drama Kedma.

The artist worked on television in the projects “Tormozov.net” and “Double Impact”, and also taught acting in Beit Zvi. Life in Israel was prosperous and calm. But Mirkurbanov’s adventurous nature prevented him from enjoying it fully. The man increasingly began to fly to Russia, where he still had friends from his turbulent youth.

Actor career

Having received his diploma in 1990, Igor was enrolled in the troupe of the Mayakovsky Theater, where he served for two years. At the same time, Mirkurbanov was involved in the play “Rosenkrantz and Guildestern are Dead” by the Israeli director Evgeniy Arie and Edward Rodzinsky’s production “Theater of the Times of Nero and Seneca.” In 1992, Arie returned to Israel, where two years earlier he founded the Gesher Theater. His trip to Moscow was not accidental - he selected suitable artists for his troupe, among whom was Mirkurbanov. Initially, in his new theater, Igor participated only in Russian productions - “The Idiot”, “The Cabal of the Holy One”, “Tartuffe” and “At the Lower Depths” (1992).

Igor Mirkurbanov in the play “Moscow-Petushki”, Gesher Theater

Then the actor learned Hebrew and began acting in productions by Jewish directors. Also in the late 90s, as a theater director, Mirkurbanov staged the plays “Moscow-Petushki”, “The Cherry Orchard”, “All My Sons” and many others on the Gesher stage. At the beginning of the 2000s, Igor worked on television, being involved in the programs “Double Impact” and “Brakes.net”, starred in Amos Gitai’s war drama “Kedma” (2002), and also taught at the Beit Zvi acting school. Life in Israel was full, calm and comfortable, but Mirkurbanov’s changeable nature did not give him peace. He increasingly began to fly to his homeland, starred in Russian films and TV series, and took part in theatrical projects.

Igor Mirkurbanov in the drama “Inhale-Exhale”

An important event in his creative career was the main role in Ivan Dykhovichny’s psychological drama “Inhale-Exhale” (2006), for which he was matched with his old friend Andrei Panin. Mirkurbanov managed to create a stunning duet on screen with actress Ekaterina Volkova, and working together with Dykhovichny became a fresh breath of air for his rebellious creative nature. One after another, other films with his participation began to be released: “Ellipsis”, “Antidur”, “Caravan Hunters” (2007), “Generation “P”” (2011), “Fatal Inheritance” (2013) and many others.

Igor Mirkurbanov in the film "Ellipsis"

In 2007, Igor also began to collaborate with the Taganka Theater, but due to behind-the-scenes intrigues he was soon forced to leave it. But thanks to Yuri Lyubimov, Mirkurbanov met the Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki and was able to participate in his acting training in Togo, playing one of the leading roles in the famous play “Electra”.

Igor Mirkurbanov in the series “Teacher in Law. Fight"

In 2012, Igor Vitalievich said goodbye to Israel forever and finally returned to Russia. Having seen Konstantin Bogomolov’s play “The Year When I Was Not Born” on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater, he immediately felt an inexplicable attraction to this director and came to one of his rehearsals. Mirkurbanov, who appeared at eleven o’clock in the morning in a velvet frock coat with huge snow-white lapels, also made an indelible impression on Bogomolov.

Igor Mirkurbanov in Konstantin Bogomolov’s play “I Fak. Tragedy"

The director immediately offered him a role in one of his performances, and from that moment their creative collaboration began, which over time grew into a strong friendship. Oleg Tabakov, who attended one of the rehearsals, was also pleased with the performance of the new actor and, after a few parting phrases, officially invited him to join the theater troupe.

Non-resident career

In 2006, Igor’s bosom friend Andrei Panin “wooed” the artist to the main male role in the psychological thriller “Inhale-Exhale.” This was not a cinematic debut: in the 90s, when “gangster dramas” were in fashion, Mirkurbanov starred in the roles of various petty scumbags:

• racketeer Tolyan in “Beyond the Last Line”;
• Narik Minosyan in “Blood for Blood”;
• in the episode "Poltergeist 90".

Russian directors liked working together with Ekaterina Volkova in “Inhale and Exhale,” and invitations began pouring in for the actor. The artist starred in the following roles:

• Vadim Petrovich in “Ellipsis”;
• drug lord Rezo Kutaissky in “Antidur”;
• Victor in "Montana";
• Alexandra Divova in “There’s Someone Here”;
• Colonel Novikov in "Caravan Hunters";
• Boris Gromov in “The Groom”;
• Manfred in Split.

Kurbanov in “Inhale-Exhale”

By the early 2010s, Mirkurbanov spent more time in Russia than in Israel. In 2012 he decided to return to the Russian Federation.

Movies

The cinematic biography of Igor Mirkurbanov is as rich as the theatrical one. The actor began acting back in 1991, appearing as a dashing bandit in the action film “Beyond the Final Line.” The main characters in the film were presented by Evgeny Sidikhin and Igor Talkov.

A year later, the artist appeared in the crime film “Blood for Blood,” based on real events. In the early 90s, the popular science film “Poltergeist-90” was released with Igor’s participation. In 1992, the actor, already possessing charisma in his youth, received the main role of former boxing champion Vadim Larin in the sports film “Go and Don’t Look Back.”

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Igor Mirkurbanov and Daria Moroz
After a 15-year break associated with Igor Mirkurbanov’s departure to Israel, the artist returns to Russian cinema. In 2006, he appeared before the audience in the image of the main character Mikhail in the drama “Inhale-Exhale.”

The artist also appeared in the popular 2007 action comedy film "Antidur" about two special agents - Viktor Velmishev and Vlad Koshkin (Dmitry Dyuzhev and Vladimir Turchinsky), who mistakenly killed a wealthy businessman in the British capital.

Since 2010, the films “Someone Is Here,” “Caravan Hunters,” “Generation “P”,” and “Groom” have been released with Igor’s participation. In 2011, the actor appeared as Manfred in the fantasy thriller “Split” about the long-term war between vampires and humans.

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The artist does not refuse to participate in melodramas, especially if the cast is star-studded. Together with Alika Smekhova and Marina Zudina, he starred in the series “Trick If You Love.”

In 2021, with the participation of Mirkurbanov, the drama “My Revolution” was released, where he appeared before the audience in the image of General Director Salov, for whom Arthur (Ivan Zhidkov) writes texts. Soon the filming of the drama “House of Porcelain” was completed, where the actor appeared in the role of a factory director.

In 2021, Igor expanded his filmography with the comedy “Call DiCaprio!”, where he played the impressive character of Sergei Semenovich. At the same time, the actor appeared in the crime series by Yuri Moroz “The Gambler”, where he embodied the image of a casino owner on the screen, and in the action-packed project “Sleepers-2” he appeared in the role of millionaire Reznik, a connoisseur of art and beautiful ladies.

Life in Russia

Despite his success in cinema, the artist prefers the theatrical stage. Our hero assures that direct contact with the viewer is important for work. The artist continued to act in films, in particular in the films:

• “Strength of the Heart” (main role);
• “Lie if you love” (businessman Korolev);
• "Queen of Spades" (casino owner);
• “My Revolution” (director Malov);
• “Reflection of the Rainbow” (psychotherapist Pronin);
• “House of Porcelain” (main role);
• “Call DiCaprio” (businessman Sergei) and others.

Note: A film actor does not have a role. The artist is equally good at playing negative and positive characters, acting in dramas and comedies.

Igor Mirkurbanov’s main love is theater. Returning to Russia, the actor saw the play “The Year When I Was Not Born” at the Moscow Art Theater directed by Konstantin Bogomolov and asked to join his troupe. Mirkurbanov performs on the stage of Lenkom, Oleg Tabakov's studio theater and the theater on Malaya Bronnaya.

Mirkurbanov in the play “Walpurgis Night”

Theater

Having received a diploma from GITIS, Igor Mirkurbanov was accepted into the troupe of the Vladimir Mayakovsky Theater. One day, Israeli director Yevgeny Aryeh came here and decided to stage the play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” at Mayakovka. The young artist was offered a role, which he coped brilliantly with. Evgeny Arie invited Igor Mirkurbanov to continue cooperation at the Gesher Theater in Israel.

Igor Mirkurbanov in the theater

In “Gesher” Igor Vitalievich became the leading artist and played in many productions. With the play “Adam – Son of a Dog” the theater visited many prestigious theater festivals: Vienna, Avignon, Edinburgh, Paris, Basel, Rome, Melbourne, Tokyo, New York. Soon after the premiere, the actor almost ended up in Hollywood. Igor was invited to star in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. But the artist refused due to the enormous workload in the theater. While working at Gesher, Igor Mirkurbanov produced a one-man show “Moscow-Petushki”, directed by himself.

In 2002, Igor Mirkurbanov left the Israeli theater. The actor took with interest the invitation of Japanese and then German theater producers, and made contacts to participate in their projects.

The artist also tried his hand at television. Igor hosted the program “Tormozov.net” on Israeli television. In Russia, Mirukbanov presented the “Double Impact” program and worked as a director.

Igor Mirkurbanov on the stage of the theater

Since 2013, Igor Mirkurbanov has been a member of the Moscow Art Theater troupe. Chekhov, where he plays the main roles in the performances of Konstantin Bogomolov. Mirkurbanov also collaborates with the Moscow Lenkom Theater and the Theater under the direction of Oleg Tabakov.

The artist has repeatedly received theater awards. In 2015, Igor Mirkurbanov received three awards: the Golden Mask award for playing the role of Fyodor Karamazov in the Moscow Art Theater play. A.P. Chekhov, the Crystal Turandot statuette and the Moskovsky Komsomolets prize for the role of Venichka Erofeev in the Lenkomov production of Walpurgis Night. In 2021, the artist’s work was awarded the Oleg Tabakov Personal Award.

Igor Mirkurbanov in the play “Walpurgis Night”

In addition to working in theater and cinema, Igor Mirkurbanov performs solo concerts. In December 2015, the program premiered at the Vakhtangov Theater, and in March a concert was held at the Russian Song Theater. Mirkurbanov’s undoubted hit was the musical composition “Strange Woman,” which appeared in the artist’s repertoire in 2014.

Personal life

Igor Mirkurbanov, who is open in other matters, keeps everything related to privacy secret. It is known that the artist is married to a woman 15 years younger than him. The wife's name is Maria Antipp. This is an actress working at the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov. The girl came to Russia from Tallinn and studied in Oleg Tabakov’s studio at the Moscow Art Theater School.

The woman graduated from her studies in 2002. How Igor and Maria met is unknown. The couple does not give the paparazzi any reason to make a fuss. Igor Mirkurbanov’s wife gave her husband two sons: Andrei and Fedor. There is a big age difference between the children. Andrey is already a high school student, and Fedor is only 2 years old.

Mirkurbanov's daughter from his first marriage

Now the artist’s daughter is 37 years old and has two children. Daria has not held a grudge against her father for a long time and they have developed a warm, trusting relationship. However, Mirkurbanov himself has repeatedly said in interviews that he reproaches himself for his daughter’s lack of attention.

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Igor Vitalievich is in his second marriage to actress Maria Antipp. In 2021, the wife gave the actor a son. Having become a father again, already in adulthood, Mirkurbanov tries not to make the mistakes that happened in his first marriage. Pays a lot of attention to the youngest child, trying to spend all his free time with him.

Interesting Facts

• Unlike many actors, Mirkurbanov does not “live” for the theater. The man emphasizes that his family comes first. And the theater is a place of work. For the same reason, our hero does not suffer from “star fever” and never argues with directors.
• There was a time when Mirkurbanov was interested in writing. But, after reading Hemingway, he said: “Everything that could be said, this writer has already said.”
• In Russia, he is infuriated (especially after moving from Israel) by the unmotivated rudeness on the streets and the gloomy appearance of people.

Igor Mirkurbanov and Maria Antipp

Frequently asked questions about Igor Mirkurbanov

• What is the nationality of the actor? After all, the surname Mirkurbanov is not Slavic. On this occasion, Igor Vitalievich himself tells a family legend. Allegedly, the artist’s ancestor came from the Golden Horde to the Moscow Principality as an ambassador and brought thoroughbred horses, camels and slaves as gifts. And so he remained in the northern country.
• Mirkurbanov bears a striking resemblance to singer Sergei Chelobanov. Many people think that men are close relatives. In fact, Mirkurbanov does not even know Chelobanov.

The biography of the adventurous Igor Mirkurbanov demonstrates that risk has its reasons. If the hero of our story were consistent, diligent and assiduous, there would be one more industrial engineer in Russia. The guy spent his entire youth searching for himself and found it. His remarkable acting talent was appreciated both in Russia and abroad.

Igor Mirkurbanov: biography

Igor Vitalievich Mirkurbanov is a Russian theater, film and television actor, TV presenter, director, singer. He gained all-Russian popularity after playing the main roles in the films “Inhale, Exhale,” “Antidur,” and “Montana.”

Actor Igor Mirkurbanov

Igor was born in October 1964, in Shymkent. Despite the fact that the boy’s place of birth is the Kazakh SSR, Igor’s nationality is not Kazakh. In Stalin's times, the future artist's grandparents were exiled to the virgin lands. Soon after the birth of their son, the family moved to Kemerovo, where the future actor spent his teenage years.

After receiving his school certificate, Mirkurbanov began searching for his own place in the sun. The young man became a student at the Institute of Oil and Gas Industry, and then transferred to Tomsk Polytechnic University and MEPhI. But the young man did not graduate from any of these educational institutions.

After studying in each for a year or two, Igor moved on. Mirkurbanov stayed until the end of his studies at the Novosibirsk Conservatory, where he chose the conducting department. During his student years, the young man worked where he could - as a laborer on the railway, as a loader, as a donor, as a salesman. One day, a student even got a job in a cemetery, where he dug graves.

Igor Mirkurbanov

In addition to his part-time job, Igor Mirkurbanov managed to participate in amateur performances, where he met Andrei Panin. The young people created a student rock band, with which they performed in front of their peers. Later, together with a friend, Igor went to the capital's GITIS. Mirkurbanov was lucky: the young man took the course of Andrei Goncharov and Mark Zakharov.