Peter Yarin

Peter Yarin is a New York-based pianist and composer involved with both jazz and classical music, and a frequent performer and composer of musical theater. He is the full-time pianist for Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks. As composer, Yarin is collaborating on two original musicals in development: "The Age of Innocence" and "The Masked Zinfandel." He has also composed music for the Japanese musical "Sempo" which premiered in 2008 at Tokyo's New National Theatre and was revived in 2013. Playing solo and with Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks, Yarin's piano work has been featured on many soundtracks, including the TV series Boardwalk Empire (2010), The Knick (2014), Mildred Pierce (2011), Amazon's upcoming "Zelda," the films "Kill Your Darlings" (2013), Bessie (2015), and Carol (2015). He is heard on the Grammy-winning CD, "Music from Boardwalk Empire, Vol. 1" as well as the two follow-up albums, accompanying such artists as Regina Spektor, Elvis Costello, Liza Minnelli, St. Vincent, Rufus Wainwright, and many others. In live venues, he has accompanied Garrison Keillor, Michael Feinstein, Bette Midler and others.