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BIOGRAPHY
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Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Ivan Barbotin began
piano
studies at the age of 5, guitar at 10. At 13, he became lead
guitarist of the rock group Sphinx which soon won the 'Soviet
Union's Best Youth Band' competition. At 16, he joined Russia's
celebrated rock band Forum
as lead guitarist, where he was half the age of the other musicians.
With Forum he toured the
country to sold-out audiences and became
Laureate of the Song of the Year Festival in 1989, a career-launching
annual TV event. |
After moving to Canada in 1990, Ivan turned his
attention away from music for a decade, during which time he earned a
BA with distinction in languages and linguistics at the University of
Toronto. He also worked as a video editor at Maple Leafs Sports and
Entertainment. Ivan gradually returned to music and
eventually began working as a full time film and television composer.
In 2000, Ivan wrote his first ballet score, The
Velveteen
Rabbit. Two more ballet commissions followed: The
Emperor's New Clothes and Anastasia. He has since written
numerous compositions for film and television. Ivan's music has been recorded and performed by The
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony and
Symphony Nova Scotia, among many others. He is currently pursuing a
doctorate in composition at the University of Toronto.
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