Yaron Gershovsky is widely recognized as an accomplished musician, whose long list of credits demonstrate versatility and excellence as a Pianist/Keyboardist, Arranger, Composer and Producer. He has just released his new CD "Personal Notes".     As a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Yaron has rapidly emerged as an outstanding talent in the New York musical scene. Yaron has recorded with such great artists as Wayne Shorter, Lonnie Smith, George Benson, Steve Gadd, Abraham Laboriel , Michael Brecker, Lew Soloff, Janis Siegel, Jeff Conway, Ray Brown, Grady Tate, violinist Jerry Goodman, Don Sebesky and the Count Basie Orchestra. He performed with such artists as Al Jarreau, Richie Havens, Pharaoh Sanders, Stan Getz, Louie Belson, and The Count Basie Orchestra among others.     Yaron has also scored music for the motion picture, ”The American Game” (Including the title song- performed by Richie Havens), as well as other movie productions such as “Guess Who”, and “The Weatherman”.     He arranged and played for commercials, such as AT&T, Sarah Lee, Haagen Dazs, Israeli Film Festival, and “48 Hours” on CBS.     Since 1979, Yaron has been, and still is the Musical Director and Pianist/Keyboardist for the world renowned vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. He has toured with them world wide ever since, and has recorded and arranged for them both vocally and instrumentally. Among his arrangements for The Manhattan Transfer is the Grammy award winning title “Why Not”.     Yaron’s work can also be heard on the Broadway stage. He was the vocal arranger for the hit Musicals “City of Angels” , “Song of Singapore”, and “Swing” as well as numerous other workshops and productions such as “39” (The Music of Harold Harlen), “Tales of Manhattan”, (Music of Lieber & Stoller), and “Romeo and Juliet”.     He was the original musical director of “Smoky Joe’s Cafe”, and Musical Director/Orchestrator/Vocal Arranger /Pianist Conductor, of “In Harmony” and “Volodya” workshops.     Yaron also played keyboards on the Broadway musicals “Les Miserables”, and “The Phantom of the Opera”.     Together with singer/composer Peter Davis, Yaron has just completed recording and producing a new CD called "Brand New", an album of original songs of love for parents and their children. Yaron has also completed producing and arranging an educational children's album project for Steven Spielberg's Rightous Persons Foundation. Currently Yaron is working on some studio projects including his own solo album, as he still continues touring with The Manhattan Transfer. Just released... "Couldn't Be Hotter" - The Manhattan Transfer Live!

Yaron & Lonnie Smith at the 1999 Syracuse Jazz Festival

Recording Credits The Manhattan Transfer Brian Stokes Mitchell Wayne Shorter Richie Havens Lonnie Smith Pharaoh Sanders Jeff Conway Janis Siegel

TV & Film Score Credits The American Game The Weather Man Guess Who Sarah Lee Israel Film Festival AT&T

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