Also known as Ivica Name Ivan Maksimovic Years active 1970–present Siblings Petar Maksimovic | Instruments Guitar, bouzuki Albums Cupave glave, Eksplozija Role Composer | |
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Born August 12, 1962 (age 62) ( 1962-08-12 ) Occupation(s) Guitarist, musician, songwriter People also search for Petar Maksimovic, Branko Savic, Zdravo Lalic, Sasa Krstic | ||
Ivan 'Ivica' Maksimović is a Serbian rock, Balkan ethnic, folk and pop guitarist. He is also a composer, arranger songwriter and actor. He played in the Yugoslavian heavy metal band Metro, pop-folk band 'Ljute papričice' and is a current member of The No Smoking Orchestra. He is also active in several other side projects with pop singers.
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Ivan Maksimović was born on August 12, 1962, in Jagodina, Serbia. Ivan started to play guitar on 1971, inspired by the music of Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. His first band was formed on 1972. He played with a lot of musicians, from the smallest clubs to the largest halls and stadiums. As a studio musician he recorded around 1500 records, tapes and CD's, although a precise number can't be determined. Ivica also plays other string instruments, such as bouzouki, tzuras, baglamas, saz and oud. In 2003. he met the world-famous film director, guitar player and composer Emir Kusturica and started to play with him and Dr Nele Karajlić in their band The No Smoking Orchestra. He played guitar on the soundtrack for the movie 'Life is a Miracle' (as a member of TNSO) and 'Promise me this' (with Stribor Kusturica's band The Poisoners). Ivan also portrayed the role of inspector Maksimovic in Emir Kusturica's film 'Promise me this'. He also took part in a punk-opera called Time of Gypsies, made by Emir Kusturica, which is accompanied by successfully in several cities in the world.