Rondo (group)
Rondo ({{langx|ru|Рондо}}) is a Moscow rock band formed in 1984.
File:Александр Иванов в жюри на Детской Новой волне 2015.jpg
History
The band was formed in 1984, jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger Michael Litvin,[http://rondo-litvin.ru Группа Михаила Литвина] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218040817/http://rondo-litvin.ru/ |date=2014-12-18 }} and rather quickly produced the first successful magnitoalbum Turnips. Group Rondo playing style New wave music, instrumental jazz-rock compositions. Changed several vocalists and keyboardists, while in the group does not approve, Alexander Ivanov and Yevgeny Rubanov.[http://a-ivanov.ru Официальный сайт Александра Иванова]
In 1987, Mikhail Litvin dismisses the old structure and enlists new musicians. For a while the two Rondos co-exist in Moscow. In 1988, Michael Litvin emigrated to the United States, but his musicians continued to perform under the same name. In 1989, a court decision awards the rights for the name of a group to Alexander Ivanov's group.[http://www.trud.ru/article/02-06-2008/129652_vasilevskij_spusk_zakoptili.html Труд: Васильевский Спуск Закоптили]
March 27, 2003 a new album Сoda was released. Same year, Ivanov officially announces the collapse of the group.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130620214000/http://www.disco80.ru/?an=80_now&uid=20166 Дискотека 80-х — Новости] Since 2005, it resumed the title Rondo.[http://lu-mon.ru/brandiman?uid=3 Азбука людей-брендов] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301140912/http://lu-mon.ru/brandiman?uid=3 |date=2012-03-01 }}
In April and May 2022, Alexander Ivanov and Rondo participated in a series of concerts organized in order to support the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite news |title=Гастроли патриотов. Как кремлевские эксперты и шоу-бизнес зарабатывают на концертах "Za Россию" |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-61401033 |work=BBC |date=11 May 2022 |language=ru}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304174737/http://www.a-ivanov.ru/rondo/ Официальный сайт группы]
- {{Twitter|name=Александр Иванов}}
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Category:Russian rock music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1984
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2002