Rondo (group)

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] From 1985 to 1986, vocalist was Nikolay Rastorguyev.

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]

In 1997, Alexander Ivanov begins his solo career. For a while, he combines his solo career with the work in the group. In 1998, in the concert hall "Russia" a presentation was held of the disc Past-Live, recorded during the jubilee concert band together with friends from Gorky Park.

March 27, 2003 a new album Сoda was released. Same year, Ivanov officially announces the collapse of the group.[4]

Since 2005, it resumed the title Rondo, and now the poster looks like this: Alexander Ivanov and 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]

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