Roman Miroshnichenko has won the 1st Prize of The 16th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA). Such an outstanding result brought the composition 'Ostrov' in the category "Instrumental". The judges committee (Blue Ribbon) of the competition consists of producers of major labels SONY/BMG, Universal Music, EMI, Warner. Other notable winners include Joel Rafael and Jason Mraz; they won Best Group/Duo. In previous years, IAMA winners have been such Greats as Meghan Trainor, Zane Williams, Jonatha Brooke, and others.
02/11/2020
We're proud to announce that Roman Miroshnichenko just made semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) under the “Instrumental" category for his composition “Alien's Electrik Dream” from the latest Award-winning album "Ascension".
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is an annual song contest which has the most prestigious panel of judges (Tom Waits, Billy Cobham, John Mayal to name a few) of all the songwriting and music contests in the world. With over 18,000 entries from more than 140 countries, this is Roman's 30th official recognition in the most prestigious US and UK music competitions he was nominated since 2010.
01/10/2020
Roman Miroshnichenko is on the jury of The 18th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMA) among with such Greats as Tom Waits, Robert Smith, Joe Satriani, Ziggy Marley, The Cardigans, Mick Ralphs, Roberta Flack, John Petrucci, Carl Petmer, Carl Palmer, Gloria Gaynor, to name a few.
The IMA has been held annually since 2001. Today it is one of the most significant awards of the global music industry - along with the Grammy, BRIT Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. Thousands of candidates from around the world in more than 50 nominations are determined by a IMA judjing panel, which includes more than 80 significant figures in the world of show business - influential critics, famous musicians and producers. Between 2009 and 2018 Roman Miroshnichenko became the 4-time IMA winner. Over the years, such outstanding musicians as George Benson, Jeff Healey, Larry Carlton, Meghan Trainor, Foreigner, David Sanborn, Paquito D'Rivera, Paul Wertico, Macy Gray and many others became the IMA nominees and winners. The 18th Annual IMA Award Ceremony will take place on June 27, 2020 in New York.
12/17/2019
On December 14, Roman Miroshnichenko and his band performed at the 1st fundraising evening of the «My Step» charitable fund was held at the Dvin Music Hall in Yerevan, Armenia. The event titled «Be Happy» and was in the context of the #BeHappy social movement. The guests were warmly welcomed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of «My Step» Anna Hakobyan, and the Executive Director of the Foundation Hovhannes Ghazaryan. The fundraiser raised more than $1,5 million, which will be doubled by philanthropist Christine Simon. Also, the special guests of the evening were Mario Biondi, a popular Italian singer and Maxim Vengerov, a world-renowned Grammy Award-winning violinist.
11/27/2019
Enjoy Roman's trio perfromance video-compilation at D'Addario Guitar Festival. NAMM Musikmesse Russia, Moscow, September 2019:
