Irina Bagina was born in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. She finished the Tchaikovsky Pavlodar music college (solo vocal department, T.Y. Kustova’s class). In 2003, she was accepted to the vocal department of the Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory (Zh.V. Chalova’s class). In 2008, Irina went on to study for her master’s degree at the same university.

She is a laureate of the Shtokolov International competition (Saint Petersburg, 2009) and the “Shabyt” International festival competition (Astana, Kazakhstan, 2007).

Since 2011, Irina Bagina has been a member of the musicAeterna chamber choir.