teachers, after which he began to study classical music theory. After finishing elementary and high school of music, he was
accepted to Academy of Arts in Banja Luka (BIH), and finished 4 years curriculum in 3 years (2005), with honors, and highest
average marks in university. In 2009, he obtained Master degree in Music Theory and Harmony with analysis. His fields of
expertise are primarily Acoustic and Electric guitar, Music Theory, Harmony with Analysis, Counterpoint and Analysis of Musical
Work. He also published several science papers in domain of Music theory.
As a performer and studio musician, Igor have more than 25 years of experience, playing and recording guitars with numerous
artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. Igor also wrote music for Theater, as well as numerous Multimedia
projects.
He also published one solo instrumental guitar album Igor Paspalj “Gravity” for “Moonwolf Entertainment Group” from Holland
in 2010, and performed on numerous projects in BIH, Croatia and Serbia. In prestigious world~wide guitar competition
“Guitar Idol’’ 2009 he made it to the online finals 2 years in a row, and got highest reviews from around the globe. Before moving
to Dubai, UAE, in 2014, Igor was a full~time teacher at Academy of Arts, University of Banja Luka, BIH. In Dubai, Igor was working
in American School of Dubai as a guitar teacher and instructor, and performing in Abu Dhabi and Dubai with huge variety of bands
from all over the world.
At beginning of 2020, Igor became artist for prestigious company JTC Guitar, one of the largest and best known online instructional company for guitar. He had published dozen of masterclasses, playtroughs, and variety of lesson packs for the company above, playing and collaborating with some of the best known names in industry (Andy James, Justin Derrico, Marco Sfogli, Lola Astanova, etc..)
2020 was also Year in which Igor got nominated and won prestigious award “Guitarist of The Year” 2020 from “Guitar World” and
“Guitar Player” magazines.
In 2021 Igor was also pronounced as one of the best new guitarists in the world by highly acclaimed British “Music Radar” magazine.
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