Igor Khoroshev

Khoroshev's story is the kind I find quietly thrilling. A Moscow-trained keyboardist and composer who landed in Yes, the British prog-rock institution, from 1997 to 2000, he crossed a serious cultural and technical border to do it. Progressive rock is unforgiving terrain, demanding both virtuosity and architectural thinking, so being handed the keys in a band of that pedigree is no small endorsement. Even a brief tenure leaves fingerprints on a legendary catalog. I have a soft spot for musicians who, even for a moment, write themselves into someone else's monument.

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Name (English)

Igor Khoroshev

Name (Japanese)

イゴール・コロシェフ

Reading

いごーる・ころしぇふ

Born

July 14, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Duchy of Moscow

Occupation

composer / pianist / keyboardist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

• Official sitehttps://www.khoroshev.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor%20Khoroshev
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539989

Tags

• Moscow Governorate
• composer
• pianist
• keyboardist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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