Igor Krutoy

I attended the Igor Krutoi Gala concert at the Barclays Center on January 31, 2015. It was to honor Mr. Krutoi on his 60th birthday. Seven singers were Russian and therefore sang only in Russian. The commentaries by the singers between the songs was also in Russian. I do not know Russian...some of what was said must have been funny because the audience laughed, but I did not understand anything. I went to this concert only to see Lara Fabian, a Belgian singer who has worked with Mr. Krutoi. When she appeared, she spoke in English and then sang five songs, one each in French, Spanish, Italian, English and Russian. She is an international superstar who has also sung in Portuguese, Hebrew, Turkish and German. As usual, she was excellent. She is not well known in this country but she should be.

The concert was great! The singers were with nice voices. Music was amazing! Igor Krutoy is very good composer.

The show was OK, but the sound was horrible. Not all artists sing alive.

Setting of the stage was poor. Couldn't enjoy the concert, since my neck almost snapped and a roaring headached that accompanied it was agitating. I don't think that my tickets were cheep, but i wish that i was addvised in advance to bring my benaculars since i couldn't see anything. Luckily had that huge screen to assist me, like watching TV, but for $300. Also, they should rethink about keeping people outside forever in freezing cold before the concert. Maybe making exceptions for considerably low temperatures would be something to think about. Overall, tickets were overpriced, poor stage setting and keeping people outside in the freezing cold with no Russian furs, did it for me.

It was three hours long with no empty seat in sight, there was an orchestra and singing was live!!! Lara Fabian was the second star! Her voice and the music he wrote for her is amazing! Krutoy is a very talented and creative person and I'm really happy that good/classical "Russian" musicians like himself celebrate and provide musical entertainment so frequently on TV and in concert (unlike American musicians, who rarely get together and award shows don't count, they are too self absorbed and don't celebrate the people who wrote and made the music). Acoustics and lights needed to be changed, there was a problem with that.

This concert is big disappointment. Mostly because of Barclays center. Bad acoustics. Staff is not trained. Concert started 40 min late because people could not get through detectors on time. We paid such big money for that concert and didn't enjoy it. Staff took the flowers we prepared for the composer and thrown it away, didn't allow us to take flowers through detectors! Quality of singer voices was very poor. One good moment - Lara Fabian. Would never go to Barclays center for the concert again.

AWESOME SHOW ! GREAT PERFORMANCES AND THE ENTIRE EVENT

AMAZING!!!!! Took my entire family - loved every minitue

The show started late; the named performers were mostly old and tired; some of the newer performers showed promise; Lara Fabian was on for too long and disappointing; and the crowd was tepid, with lots of smoking in the arena and even more in the bathrooms.

Great concert for true lovers of russian pop music.