Nenad Gajin

hno
music but also learned from passionate, unknown Music Tzigan. His
professional carrier took off when he was, at age 20, invited to join
one of the most recognised rock bands in Ex-Yugoslavia, "Zabranjeno
pusenje" akka "No Smoking Orchestra", led by famous film director Emir
Kusturica. Four years of playing with No Smoking Orchestra included
recording of three original movie soundtracks like "Black Cat,White
Cat,Life is an miracle and documentary movie Super 8 stories.They were
touring Europe, Canada, South America and Russia. At the same time he
started regular collaborations with some of the most talented Balkan
jazz musicians like Vasil Hadzimanov, Slobodan Trkulja,Dragan
Calina... soon establishing himself as one of the most remarkable
young jazz guitar players, the rare artist who is both sought-after by
other headliners and who also maintains a clear solo path of his own. With a scholarship from "Total Guitar Magazine", Nenad had spent two
years at the London Guitar Institute studying under guitarists lain
Scott and Shaun Baxter, and was awarded "Outstanding Student of the
Year" title. He currently lives in Paris and continues to play with
great international artists such as: Sylvain Luc, Eric Serra,Archie Shepp, Cheikh Tidiane Seck,Mokhtar Samba, Mamani Keita, Bojan Z, Dave Douglas , Mayra Andrade, Malika Zarra, Ibrahim Maalouf , Hadrien Feraud, Guillaume Perret, Woz Kaly and many more...
Nenad is playing Ibanez electric guitars,DV Mark amps,Mad Professor
pedals and Godin acoustic guitars exlusively.In 2013 he join the new
group of Karim Ziad and he will be on the tour around the world from
april.He's prepearing album of his jazz trio for upcoming winter.