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Victor Smolski
Birth name Виктор Дмитриевич Смольский
Born January 2, 1969 (1969-01-02) (age 39)
Minsk, BSSR
Genre(s) Heavy metal
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1983 – present
Label(s) Nuclear Blast
Associated acts Pesneri, Inspector, Mind Odyssey, Rage, Kipelov

Victor Dmitrievich Smolski (Russian: Виктор Дмитриевич Смольский) (born January 2, 1969, in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian-born Russian musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (abbreviated as Byelorussian SSR or BSSR) (Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Nuclear blast may refer to Nuclear explosion Nuclear Blast, a record label Pesniary (also spelled Pesnyary) Belarusian: Песняры pʲesʲnʲa'rɨ is a legendary group from the Soviet Union born in the( Byelorussian SSR) Rage is a Heavy metal band from Germany, formed in 1984 Background Rage began in 1984 under the previous band name Avenger. Kipelov (Кипелов is a Russian Heavy metal band formed and led by former Aria vocalist Valery Kipelov. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries A multi-instrumentalist is a Musician who plays a number of different instruments The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument He is a member of the German heavy metal band Rage. Rage is a Heavy metal band from Germany, formed in 1984 Background Rage began in 1984 under the previous band name Avenger.

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Biography

Son of professor Dmitry Smolski, a symphonic music composer. Victor was six years old when he began studying the piano, cello and later guitar. Smolski was awarded diplomas on playing rock and jazz guitar as well as on composing and arranging music. The term jazz guitar may refer to either a type of guitar or to the variety of playing styles used in the various genres which are commonly termed " Jazz His first professional work was playing with the famous Belarusian folk band Pesniary when he was 14 years old. Pesniary (also spelled Pesnyary) Belarusian: Песняры pʲesʲnʲa'rɨ is a legendary group from the Soviet Union born in the( Byelorussian SSR)

In 1988 he founded the band Inspector and they toured over Germany for the first time. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Frank Bornemann was very interested in the band and offered a contract to Inspector. Frank Bornemann (born 1949 is the Guitarist for German Progressive rock band Eloy. Due to some visa problems the tour became complicated, but even then Inspector played many shows in Germany. In 1993 they released their CD, Russian Prayer (ARIS / ARIOLA).

The Years Spent in Germany

In 1993, Smolski decided to stay in Germany. He worked as a studio musician and produced his EP Destiny in 1996.

In 1995, Smolski joined the progmetal band Mind Odyssey, who were soon successful. They went on various European tours with Vicious Rumors and Savatage and their video for Schizophenia was regularly shown on MTV and VIVA. Vicious Rumors is an American Power metal band founded in 1979 in the San Francisco Bay Area California. Savatage was a progressive Heavy metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs Florida MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. VIVA is a private German music Television channel located in Berlin. On the successful Mind Odyssey albums, Nailed To The Shade and Signs, most of the songs were composed by Smolski. He played all the guitar, sitar and keyboard tracks. During the arrangement of both CDs, he also worked together with the Symphonic Orchestra Belarus.

Smolski also works as a record producer. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing He works for the Label B. Mind Records he discovered and produced bands like GB Arts and Delirious? and also international musicians like the American vocalist DC Cooper. Delirious? are an English Christian rock and worship band featuring Martin Smith on vocals and guitar Stuart Garrard (also known as Stu D C Cooper (born August 22, 1965 in Johnstown Pennsylvania) is an American singer and musician He has worked for labels like BMG, GUN Records, Drakkar and Ariola Victor. GUN Records is a Record label located in Germany. Many artists on the label have had hit singles in Europe.

His father, Dmitry, is convinced of his son's work. Together, they composed symphonies for electric guitar and classical orchestra, which they presented live during a European tour in 1999.

Rage

In June 1999, Smolski became new guitarist of Rage, performing with their new line up at Wacken Open Air 1999 for the first time. Rage is a Heavy metal band from Germany, formed in 1984 Background Rage began in 1984 under the previous band name Avenger. Wacken Open Air (WOA is a popular German music festival focusing on various forms of Extreme metal and Heavy metal. European and Russian tours followed.

From August up to November 2000, the "Rage" album Welcome To The Other Side was recorded in the VPS Studios in Hamm. Half of the songs were composed by Victor, who was also responsible for the production.

Victor's greatest success was registered in 2001, as the song "Straight To Hell", composed by Victor for the Rage Album Welcome To The Other Side was used for the soundtrack of the most successful German movie production called Der Schuh des Manitu. Der Schuh des Manitu ( English: Manitou's Shoe, literally The Shoe of Manitou) is a 2001 German Parody About 15 million spectators have seen this movie up till now. In 2004 the same song was again used for another movie of Michael Bully Herbig called Traumschiff Surprise. Michael Herbig ( April 29, 1968 in Munich) is a German Film director, Actor and Author.

In 2002, Rage combined their long-term experience to produce their next album called Unity. Unity, a first-rate metal firework, is an impressive document of the high technical level Victor (guitars, keyboards) and his two colleagues have achieved, while embedding their virtuoso instrumental abilities cleverly into a homogeneous corset of songs. A video clip to the song "Down", was produced by director Yankovsky in the Belarus capital of Minsk, was shown on musicchannels like VIVA regularly.

In October 2003, the Rage album Soundchaser was released. A guest appearance by Andi Deris (Helloween) on "Falling From Grace" lended particular appeal to this song. Andreas "Andi" Deris (born August 18, 1964 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is the vocalist and main songwriter for Power metal Helloween is a German power / Speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool Beside the many concerts and festivals all around the world that Rage played, they were also touring for months together with Helloween at the end of 2003. Helloween is a German power / Speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool

In the beginning of 2005, Rage got the permission to use a scene out of the most successful German movie production Der Schuh des Manitu, so Matthias Knézy-Bohm produced a video clip to the song "Straight To Hell", which was composed by Smolski. Victor appeared on the 2006 Rage album Speak of the Dead.

Solo albums and side projects

In the beginning of 2000, Smolski composed and produced his first solo CD, which was recorded in co-operation with the Belarusian Orchestra and his colleagues from Rage. This Symphony, entitled The Heretic deals with the time of burning witches. The Heretic was released on 19 June 2000. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Noticed by the international press, parts of this exceptional "Metal meets Classic" album The Heretic were presented live during a few concerts together with the Belarusian Orchestra in the same year.

Due to his many-sided engagements, renowned companies like Yamaha, Siggi Guitars, Peavey, Thomastik-Infeld and Cordial became attentive to him and sundry contracts were signed. Thomastik-Infeld is an Austrian company founded in 1919 located in Vienna developing and producing strings and Rosins for bowed and fretted String At the Winter NAMM Show, the largest music fair in America, the Music Expo in Dubai and at many other international music fairs, Victor showed his ability as a soloist and also represented the companies, mentioned before.

In November 2004, Smolski's latest solo CD, Majesty & Passion, was released by Drakkar Classic on the market. Smolski has arranged songs of the "Old Master" Johan Sebastian Bach into some heavier versions. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Together with his bandmates from Rage, Peavy Wagner and Mike Terrana, several notable international musicians and the Inspector Symphony Orchestra Victor recorded these songs. Peter "Peavy" Wagner (born December 221964 is a German heavy metal musician Mike Terrana is an American Drummer, principally in the Hard rock genre Twice, songs from this album were presented live. First at the International Bach Festival in Leipzig and also at the Rock Meets Renaissance festival at Schloss Beck in Bottrop, organized by Uli Jon Roth. Beck Castle ( Schloss Beck) is a Baroque castle in Bottrop, Germany, planned and built as a “maison de plaisance” between 1766 and 1777 by Ulrich Roth (born December 18, 1954) also known as Uli Jon Roth, is a German electric Guitarist and along with Ritchie Blackmore

In August 2005, Smolski presented the Symphony Nr. 9 for orchestra and electric guitar together with the Symphonic Orchestra Young Belarus at the concert house at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin, which was composed by Victor and his father. The Young Belarus ( Maladaya Belarus) is a Political coalition in Belarus which opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko.

In 2007 Victor composed the song In the Picture, and performed it together with Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish) on Nuclear Blast allstars album. Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli ('tɑrjɑ'turunen (born August 17, 1977, Finland) is a soprano and songwriter best known as the former lead vocalist Nuclear blast may refer to Nuclear explosion Nuclear Blast, a record label Also on the album was the song "Inner Sanctuary", performed with Bassist and vocalist Marco Hietala (Nightwish,Tarot). Marco Hietala (born January 14, 1966 in Tervo, Finland) is the current bassist and the male vocalist of the Finnish symphonic Nightwish is a symphonic Power metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee, Finland. Tarot is a heavy metal band from Finland. They are most famous for the song “Wings of Darkness” from the 1986 album Spell of Iron.

Works with Kipelov

In 2004, after Sergey Mavrin, another famous guitarist, left Valery Kipelov's project "Kipelov", Smolski was invited to replace him. Kipelov (Кипелов is a Russian Heavy metal band formed and led by former Aria vocalist Valery Kipelov. Sergey Konstantinovich Mavrin (ru Сергей Константинович Маврин nicknamed 'Mavrick' (Маврик (born February 28, 1963) is a Valery Alexandrovich Kipelov (Валерий Александрович Кипелов (born July 12, 1958) is a Russian music artist and composer Kipelov (Кипелов is a Russian Heavy metal band formed and led by former Aria vocalist Valery Kipelov. From 2004 to 2006 Victor played in Kipelov, though wasn't officially included in its lineup and was referred to as "special guest". Kipelov (Кипелов is a Russian Heavy metal band formed and led by former Aria vocalist Valery Kipelov. Smolski participated in "Reki Vremeon" (Rivers of Time, 2005) album and its supporting tour over Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Israel. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Victor also appeared in the main role in Kipelov's video for "Ya Zdes" (I am Here) by Director Yankovsky (Irreal Pictures), that was frequently aired on MTV Russia. MTV Russia is a Russian language Free-to-air service seen in 22 million households in Moscow, St On May 25, 2006 Kipelov and Rage gave show together in Moscow, and Smolski played live for both bands. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of In the fall of 2006 Victor left Kipelov and concentrated on his work in Rage, He was replaced by Vecheslav Molchanov.

Motorsport

Smolski is also a racecar driver and has been on various race teams through the years.

Victor has got his first professional contract for a complete race season on the Russian Sport Garage Team, and will take part at the RTCC (Russian Touring Car Championship) with a VW GTI (Start Nr. The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen 17)

Victor Smolski's Official Webpage.

Discography

Producer and guestmusician for

Lacrimosa, Mike Terrana, Der Bote, Vindex, Black Hole, Silent Force, Perzonal War, GB Arts, Seventh Avenue, Delirious?, Avanitas, The Stokes, Point Whitmark

See also

External links

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