Igor Khoroshev

Igor Khoroshev is a Russian keyboard player living in the U.S., best known for his work with Yes in 1998-2000. Khoroshev appeared on their studio albums Open Your Eyes and The Ladder and the live album House of Yes: Live from House of Blues.


Khoroshev 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 US, settling in Boston, where he worked with Benjamin Orr of 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, but also introduced him to Yes’s Jon Anderson.

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