Larry Tarof

biografia

Larry Tarof

Larry Tarof ("Dr. L") is an Ottawa, Canada based musician with a loyal following within the local music scene.  He enjoys a reputation for outstanding pop/musical theater arrangements, choral arrangements, live performances, and original compositions.  He has appeared live hundreds of times, gigs frequently as a jazz/cocktail pianist, and is kept quite busy accompanying musical theater.  His growing body of original works (100+) includes jazz, musical theatre, pop/rock and sacred music.  Within Ottawa's two largest synagogues, he presently directs multiple choirs, a Klezmer band, runs a religious school music program and appears (guitar and vocals) every Friday as a Kabbalat Shabbat soloist.  At the studio, he has produced many demos, hundreds of backup tracks, many arrangements and fully produced CDs.  Music runs in the family: his son Daniel appears on guitar in "Fearless" (2005) and "Shneur" (2008) and he collaborated on both "Fearless" and a new musical "Olympus the Musical" with daughter Jenny.  "Dr. L" was profiled in 2005 on CJOH-TV's popular "Regional Contact" and has also appeared at other times on television in Ottawa.  He is presently involved with multiple original projects.  "Dr L." is also a research scientist, having earned his a Ph.D. in semiconductor physics, and even had CEO, CTO and "Principal Scientist" stints in the high tech world in between bouts of being a full-time musician.  This eclectic background distinguishes him as uniquely multi-talented with producer/entrepreneurial/musicianship skills which enhance the reputation of his studio, "Dr L's Music", which has been in operation since 1992.