'''Rondo''' ({{langx|ru|Рондо}}) is a Moscow rock band formed in 1984.
thumb|Alexander Ivanov in 2015
== History == The band was formed in 1984, jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger Michael Litvin,<ref name="Litvin">[http://rondo-litvin.ru Группа Михаила Литвина] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218040817/http://rondo-litvin.ru/ |date=2014-12-18 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://a-ivanov.ru/|title=Александр Иванов - официальный сайт|website=a-ivanov.ru}}</ref>
In 1987, Mikhail Litvin dismisses the old structure and enlists new musicians. For a while the two ''Rondo''s 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.<ref name="Litvin"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trud.ru/article/02-06-2008/129652_vasilevskij_spusk_zakoptili.html|title=Васильевский Спуск Закоптили|date=June 2, 2008|website=www.trud.ru}}</ref>
March 27, 2003 a new album ''Coda'' was released. Same year, Ivanov officially announces the collapse of the group.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130620214000/http://www.disco80.ru/?an=80_now&uid=20166 Дискотека 80-х — Новости<!-- Заголовок добавлен ботом -->]</ref> Since 2005, it resumed the title ''Rondo''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lu-mon.ru/brandiman?uid=3|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301140912/http://lu-mon.ru/brandiman?uid=3|url-status=dead|title=Азбука людей-брендов|archivedate=March 1, 2012|website=lu-mon.ru}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Гастроли патриотов. Как кремлевские эксперты и шоу-бизнес зарабатывают на концертах "Za Россию" |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-61401033 |work=BBC |date=11 May 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304174737/http://www.a-ivanov.ru/rondo/ Официальный сайт группы] * {{Twitter|name=Александр Иванов}}
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Category:Russian rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1984 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2002 Category:Musical groups from Moscow Category:Soviet rock music groups