Rondo (group)

Rondo (Russian: Рондо) is a Moscow rock band formed in 1984.

History

The band was formed in 1984, jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger Michael Litvin,[1] 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.[2]

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.[1][3]

March 27, 2003 a new album Coda was released. Same year, Ivanov officially announces the collapse of the group.[4] Since 2005, it resumed the title Rondo.[5]

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Группа Михаила Литвина Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Александр Иванов - официальный сайт". a-ivanov.ru.
  3. ^ "Васильевский Спуск Закоптили". www.trud.ru. June 2, 2008.
  4. ^ Дискотека 80-х — Новости
  5. ^ "Азбука людей-брендов". lu-mon.ru. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012.
  6. ^ "Гастроли патриотов. Как кремлевские эксперты и шоу-бизнес зарабатывают на концертах "Za Россию"". BBC (in Russian). 11 May 2022.
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