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Ivan 'Ivica' Maksimović is a Serbian ethnic, folk and pop guitarist. He is also a composer,arranger songwriter and actor. He is a current member of The No Smoking Orchestra. He is also active in several other side projects with Serbian pop singers.

Biography
Ivan Maksimović was born on August 12th 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, including Vesna Zmijanac and Zdravko Čolić. 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 was successfully performed in Paris many times. At this very moment Ivan is on the world tour with Emir Kusturica and TNSO.