Ivan Smirnov (guitar player)

Affiliations

• 1975—1979: Moscow's fusion group Second Breath .
• 1979−1983: Experimental electronic music ensemble Boomerang under direction of Eduard Artemyev.
• 1983: Vocal Instrumental Ensemble Blue Guitars .
• 1984−1990: Jazz-rock ensemble Arsenal 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.
• The Best Guitar Player of the year.
• The Best Fusion Guitar Player.
• The Best Guitar Player.

  Discography

Solo work

• 1996 Merry-go-Round Man , CD/MC, — Music Box records. MB0001-2.
• 1999 At the other end of the world , CD / MC, — Smirnov Records. ISCD 99-001.
• 2003 The Land Where The Sun Slumbers , live in Le Club , 2 CD/МС, — Sketis records. ISMC 99-001.

  Collaborations

• 1986 Arsenal ensemble, Pulse-3 — LP record, Melodiya record company С60.23883009
• 1991 Arsenal ensemble, Arsenal 5 , LP, Melodiya record company.
• 1991 Arsenal ensemble, Arsenal 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 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 / 10 years of ELKO Technology company, CD, Limited Edition, — RGB ELKO.
• 2002 Guitar players of Russia , the set of the best guitar players of Russia, CD, — special edition of the publishing house Salun AV .
• 2002 These guys with the guitar , the set of the best guitar players of Russia, CD, — special edition of the publishing house Salun AV , CD, 1994 — Strings records STR 001 2.
• 2004 Crimean Holiday . Mikhail Smirnov, Ivan Smirnov. CD.

  Media

Music

• Video

Literature

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