Ivan Nikolayevich Smirnov (; 9 September 1955 in

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, USSR – 15 November 2018) was regarded as one of the greatest guitar players in Russia. He was proficient in many different styles, such as fusion,

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, Russian folk,

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. Smirnov lived in Russia and played with musicians such as Mikhail Smirnov, Sergey Klevensky, Dmitry Safonov, and Aleksei Kozlov.

Affiliations

*1975—1979: Moscow's fusion group Second Breath (). *1979−1983: Experimental electronic music ensemble Boomerang (Бумеранг) under direction of

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. *1983: Vocal Instrumental Ensemble Blue Guitars (Голубые Гитары). *1984−1990:

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ensemble Arsenal (Арсенал) under direction of Aleksei Kozlov. *1990: Work under his own music projects, concerts with his own group, composing music for the cinema and studio work.

Recognition

*The Best Guitar Player of the year (1995, Russia, Music Box Journal

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Request). *The Best Guitar Player of the year (1996, Russia, Music Box Journal Professional Request). *The Best Fusion Guitar Player (1994, Russia, Jam (Джем)

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). *The Best Guitar Player (1994, Russia, Totals-94 (Итоги-94) Professional Request).

Discography

Solo work

*1996 Merry-go-Round Man (Карусельный дед), CD/MC, — Music Box records. MB0001-2. *1999 At the other end of the world (За тридевять земель), CD / MC, — Smirnov Records. ISCD 99-001. *2003 The Land Where The Sun Slumbers (Страна, где ночует солнце),

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in Le Club (Russia), 2 CD/МС, — Sketis records. ISMC 99-001.

Collaborations

*1986 Arsenal ensemble, Pulse-3 (Пульс-3) —

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record company С60.23883009 *1991 Arsenal ensemble, Arsenal 5 (Арсенал 5), LP, Melodiya record company. *1991 Arsenal ensemble, Arsenal 6 (Арсенал 6), LP, Melodiyya record company. * 1989—1991 Aleksei Kozlov and Arsenal ensemble, CD, Melodiya record company USSR SUCD 60-00 134. *1997 Aleksei Kozlov and Arsenal ensemble Burned by time (Опалённые временем) 4 CD, — IT company/A. Kozlov. CDRDM 711194, CDRDM 711795, CDRDM 712196, CDRDM 712199. *1998 Intermezzo Hand Made Work, CD, — Smakauz production. SP.01 98. *2001 Virtuoso parallels (Параллели Виртуозов) / 10 years of ELKO Technology

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, CD, Limited Edition, — RGB ELKO. *2002 Guitar players of Russia (Гитаристы России), the set of the best guitar players of Russia, CD, — special edition of the publishing house Salun AV (Салон AV in Russian). *2002 These guys with the guitar (Эти парни с гитарой), the set of the best guitar players of Russia, CD, — special edition of the

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Salun AV (Салон AV), CD, 1994 — Strings records STR 001 2. *2004 Crimean Holiday (Крымские каникулы). Mikhail Smirnov, Ivan Smirnov. CD.

Media

Music

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Video

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), Ivan Smirnov, Timur Quitelashvili (Тимур Квителашвили in Russian), Igor Boiko, Dmitry Maloletov, Dmitry Chetvergov /

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, 1995 Music Box Records MB 002-3.

Literature

* Aleksandr Alekseev. Who is who in Russian rock music. AST: Astrel: Harvest, 2009. — p. 446-448. — (AST). — (Astrel). — (Harvest).

References

External links

Official website
in Russian / English
Info about Ivan
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