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