Victor Smolski
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Виктор Дмитриевич Смольский |
| Born | 1 February 1969 Minsk, Belarus |
| Genres | Heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal, speed metal, classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, keyboard, piano, cello, sitar |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | Pesniary, Inspector, Mind Odyssey, Rage, Kipelov, Almanac |
Victor Smolski (Russian: Ви́ктор Дми́триевич Смо́льский, born 1 February 1969) is a musician, producer, composer, teacher, author of one of the most successful German guitar learning DVDs “School of Metal”. He was a member of the German heavy metal band Rage, from 1999 until 2015. The guitarist for the metal bands Almanac, Mind Odyssey and Lingua Mortis Orchestra (LMO). Jury member for several international music competitions. Worldwide representative and co-developer for companies in the music industry, such as Yamaha, ENGL, Shure, Cordial, Thomastik-Infeld, etc.
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. His first professional work was playing with the famous Belarusian folk band Pesniary when he was 14 years old.
In 1988 he founded the band Inspector and they toured over Germany for the first time. Frank Bornemann was interested in the band and offered a contract to Inspector. Due to 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).
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 progressive metal band Mind Odyssey. They went on various European tours with Vicious Rumors and Savatage and their video for Schizophrenia was regularly shown on MTV and VIVA. On the 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.
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