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Igor Khoroshev

 
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  • Born: July 14, 1965, Moscow, Russia
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Keyboards

Biography

Russian-born Igor Khoroshev began to play piano in 1969 at the age of 4. He was schooled in music in his home country and moved to the United States during the '90s. He began playing with various musicians, some of them fairly big names, including Benjamin Orr (the Cars) and Brad Delp (Boston). When Rick Wakeman left Yes, Jon Anderson thought of Khoroshev as a replacement, having heard a tape of him. The story that has been told says that when Khoroshev came in for his audition, he performed one of the longer and more complicated Yes songs for the group on one keyboard, when it is normally done on several. The group members were so blown away by this that they quickly asked him to take the role of keyboardist, although as a side musician, not a full-fledged member of the band. After several years of working with the band, and being recorded on three Yes albums (Open Your Eyes, The Ladder, and House of Yes Live), Khoroshev is no longer with that group. He has released one solo album, Piano Works, and is also involved in a project called MAO Inhibitor. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide
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Igor Khoroshev

Igor Khoroshev (1998)
Background information
Born July 14, 1965 (1965-07-14) (age 44)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Genres Progressive rock
Instruments Keyboard
Associated acts Yes, Benjamin Orr

Igor Khoroshev (Russian: Игорь Хорошев) (born 14 July 1965, Moscow) is a Russian keyboard player living in the USA, best known for his work with Yes between 1997 and 2001. Khoroshev appeared on their studio albums Open Your Eyes and The Ladder and the live album House of Yes: Live from House of Blues.

Biography

Igor Khoroshev was born in Moscow, Russia. He took piano lessons from age four and later learned other instruments including the trombone, French horn, guitar and drums. He obtained a diploma in music.

In the early 1990s, he moved to the USA, settling in Boston, where he worked with Benjamin Orr of the The Cars among others. Khoroshev met Carl Jacobson of the Cakewalk software house. Jacobson employed Khoroshev, who composed music for Cakewalk's Pro Audio 9, and he also introduced Khoroshev to Yes's Jon Anderson.

Khoroshev released a solo album Piano Works in 1999. He appeared on the Emerson, Lake & Palmer tribute album Encores, Legends and Paradox. Since leaving Yes, Khoroshev has mainly worked on film soundtracks.

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