Ivan Maksimović

Ivan 'Ivica' Maksimović (12 August 1962 – 7 November 2019) was a Serbian rock, Balkan ethnic, folk and pop guitarist.

Maksimović started to play guitar on 1971, inspired by the music of Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.

In 2003, he met the 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.

[3] 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).

He also took part in a punk-opera called Time of Gypsies,[4] made by Emir Kusturica, which he accompanied successfully in several cities in the world.