Yuval Shrem, co-founder of Fable Sounds, has been working in the center of the Israeli television industry since 1995, both as a composer, screen-writer and director. He has been involved in the making of numerious television programs from drama series to talk-shows, childern shows and dramatic mini-series. throughout his career as a composer, arranger and musical director, Yuval has worked with many of Israel's top artists and accumulated an extensive experience working with live performers in the recording studio and on stage, as well as with samplers and sample libraries, and prior to founding Fable Souns, often resorted to creating personal sampling projects for his own use as a busy television composer in order to overcome TV's notorious constrains of both budget and schedule, and because of the lack of products that would satisfy his ever growing needs.
In 2002 Yuval has relocated to Hollywood, where he develops new film and television projects.

Yuval's training as a musician had classical roots, as well as a very diverse array of teachers and influences. From the personal friendship with the legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein who had him sit in numerious concerts, recordings and orchestra-rehearsals, to the thousands of hours that Yuval spent as a child watching his father Eldad Shrem at work at the recording studio and on stage as a musical-director, arranger and conductor of numerous shows as well as an album producer at the top of the Israeli music industry.
Yuval started his music education at the age of 4, attended the Tel-Aviv Conservatory, as well as the music departments of both the School of Arts in Tel Aviv and The Israel Arts and Science Academy of The Society For Excellence Through Education in Jerusalem, studying with the most prominent teachers and serious composers in the country. Yuval also attended the the Film and Television program in the Tel Aviv University, as well as a couple of the special summer production programs at USC, and additional workshops and seminars led by renowned filmmakers such as Jim Sheridan, Ivan Passer, Jang Yimo and more.
Yuval is a recipient of a scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, and a current member of the Israeli Academy of Film & Television.

Since 2004 Yuval has also worked on the development of Broadway Big Band™ musically directing and personally supervising the recording, processing editing and maping of each and every one of the samples of the project.
Yuval has also played the Xylophone at the recordings of the Broadway Big Band virtual instrument, and has been heavily involved in the development of the Broadway Performer™ technology.

 www.yuvalshrem.com

Amit Itzkovich, co-founder of Fable Sounds, is a software engineer and a Jazz musician. He plays Tenor and Alto saxophones and arranges big-band music. Amit has served in the Israeli Air-Force as a saxophone player and arranger at the prestigious Air Force Big Band. He has also been a member of the Tel Aviv Citi Hall Big Band playing with Israel’s most renowned musicians and international Jazz legends such as Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman and the New York Voices. Amit’s musical background includes many years of classical piano training starting at the age of 5. He attended the prestigious Thelma Yellin high school of arts, and had the privilege to have studied with musicians such as Herb Pomeroy, Gary Dial, Joel Frahm and Rich Perry.

As a software engineer, Amit has graduated with honors from the highly acclaimed Technion Israel Institute of Technology in the computer science faculty, and has been working for several years as a software engineer for companies in Israel and in the US, including EZChip, Advanced Mobile Technologies, and most recently ITG.

Amit Itzkovich has collaborated with Yuval Shrem in various productions in the past, and as Fable Sounds' chief software engineer, has been responsible for the development of the Broadway Performer, and has been heavily involved with the sample programming work of the Broadway Big Band instruments. He also played the 1st Tenor Saxophone in the recordings of the Broadway Big Band virtual instrument.

Dror Ben-Gur is a highly in demand saxophone & flute player worldwide. His performance credits include the Manhattan Transfer, the Israeli Philharmonic (under the direction of condactor Zubin Mehta), and many prestigious Big Bands in New York City, Amsterdam, and Israel. He has played and /or recorded with world-renowned Jazz musicians including John Patitucci, Randy brecker, Bob Mintzer, Dick Oats, and Phil Markowitz. Ben-Gir also performed in many Broadway shows worldwide including TONY awarded American Regional Theatres, Israel's Habima National Theatre, and the Netherlands' National Amsterdam Theatre. Shows include "Cabaret", "Guys & Dolls", "Cats" and many more.

Other performance and /or recording credits include Dudu Fisher, Danny Maseng and Debby Friedman (at NYC's Carnegie Hall).
Dror Ben-Gur graduated from Mannes Collage of music in New York.

http://www.lorennpeer.com

Chris Karlic is a highly in demand Baritone Saxophone player.
Since moving to New York City in 1997, Chris has been called upon to perform with some of the music world's most legendary artists including Aretha Franklin, The Allman Brothers Band, John Mayer, Roberta Flack, Mary Wilson, Sam Moore, Freddie Hubbard, Dave Liebman and many others. Chris has also performed and/or recorded with such great artists as : Gregg Allman, Tom Harrell, Bobby Caldwell, George Coleman, Jeffrey Osbourne, The Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, Ann Peebles, Chico O’ Farrill’s Afro- Cuban Big Band, Nicholas Payton, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Funk Filharmonik, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Dave Holland, The Bob Mintzer Big Band

http://www.chriskarlic.com

Shlomi Cohen is a Saxophone and woodwind player and plays the Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones, the flute, the clarinet and EWI.
Since moving to New-York in 2002, Shlomi Cohen has been very active at the New-York music scene, playing with and being a part of a variety of groups and projects including the hip-hop band - "Mental Notes", and Timba bands "Pan Con Timba" and "La Timba Loca", as well as the Latin-Jazz band "Afromantra", the Latin-funk band "Mango Blue" and the neosoul group "SOULARE" featuring the singer Omar Alexander.

Additionally, before moving to New York at the age of 22, Cohen had a remarkable music career as a young saxophone player in Israel. At the age of 16 he was a part of the critically acclaimed fusion group named "Confusion", which in 1998 released the most successful Israeli fusion album ever, titled "Custom Made", and was invited to play at the International Red-Sea Jazz Festival both in 1999 and 2000. During his military service as a saxophone player with the Israeli Air Force Big Band, which included performing at the Red Sea Jazz Festival with the band's two special guests, Dave Liebman and Michael Brecker, Shlomi also regularly played with the successful funk band "Funk'nstein" as well as the acclaimed world music ensemble - "Ujat", and also played with the Tel Aviv City Hall Big Band in Jazz Festivals all around Israel, including a concert with Trombonists Slide Hampton and Avi Leibovitch. Cohen later also had the honor of playing with Patricia Barber and her group as a guest saxophonist at the "Camelot Herzliya" club in Israel. Immediately after finishing his military service, Shlomi was invited to join the biggest pop production in the country, playing saxophone in the "Rami and Rita On Stage" tour which was also recorded to a best-selling live-concert album.

Before turning to Jazz and Fusion, Shlomi Cohen had classical roots. He played the piano which he studied for six years, and graduated from the Tel Aviv Music Conservatory with diploma of excellence.

http://www.shlomicohen.com

Shay Salhov began playing professionally at the age of 18. He joined the Israeli Air-Force Band, where he collaborated with Israel’s top musicians, and performed in the International Red Sea Jazz Festival and on television. After three years of army service, Shay performed regularly in jazz clubs, festivals and concerts. He was a member in the Tel Aviv big band and in various jazz, rock and experimental projects. He completed his diploma studies at Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music; where he won the Jazz Player of the Year 2000 competition, and went on to represent the school in the IASJ convention in Paris. Since his arrival to the U.S. in September 2000, Shay concentrated on his work as a performer, composer, and also as a music teacher in the greater Boston area and New York City. He completed a Bachelor’s degree at Berklee College of Music and a Master’s Degree in classical music at The Boston Conservatory, where he received merit Scholarships. Among his teachers were George Garzone, Hal Crook, Ed Tomasi, Joe Lovano and Ken Radnofsky. Shay has developed an intriguing personal performance style and he is a sophisticated composer of original and exciting jazz for mixed ensembles. Since he moved to New York City in June 2005, Shay has been active in the local jazz scene. He has been playing in sessions and performing with many of New York’s top young musicians. He has been teaching daily in the greater New York area at schools and music studios. Shay is a member of the Amir Rubinshtein Quartet and formed the free jazz trio 202 with Ziv Ravitz and Garth Stevenson.

http://www.myspace.com/shaysalhov

Tomer Levy is a highly in demand Trumpet player in New York City.
He is a winner of the ITG Jazz Improvisation Competition in Sweden.
In New York Tomer Levy has played with numerous major Latin Jazz and Salsa groups, including Eddie Palmieri, Mo' Guajiro, Wayne Gorbea's Salsa Picante, Lebron Brothers, Ralph Irizari Son Café, Orlando Marlin, La India, Son De Madre, and Ray de la Paz.

Mr. Levy has also played in the Israel Air Force Big Band and appeared in numerous Israel National Television Broadcasts.
Tomer Levy holds a BA in Music Performance from the Oklahoma City University.

Rafi Malkiel, a composer and trombonist is an active musician in both the jazz and latin scenes in Mew-York City. Leading his quartet Rafi Malkiel plays original music as well as uique arrangements fusing Jazz and Latin-American standards with Afro-Latin rhythms. Rafi is also a virtuoso Euphonium player. He was featured in the Recommended Jazz Trombonists List in PBS' website Jazz, A film by Ken Burns, and in The Young Guns of Jazz, Trumpeting the Best of a New Generation, by Chip Deffaa's, New York Post, July 2001. Rafi is working on his own album of original material to be released later this year.

http://www.rafimalkiel.com

Tal Ronen is an accomplished young bass player. He has studied with a variety of world-renowned musicians such as John Pattituci, Michael Klinghofer and Teddy Kling. As a Jazz bass player in Manhattan, Tal plays with many notable musicians such as Harry Whitaker (Piano), Sacha Perry (Piano), Grant Stewart (Sax.), Ryan Kisor (Trumpet), Shiela Jordan (Vocals), Avishai Cohen (Trumpet), Anat Cohen (Sax.), David Schnitter (Sax.), Ray Gallon (Piano), Miles Griffith (Vocals), and many more. Tal has played at many prominent New York venues, most notably Sweet Rhythm, Iridium, Smalls, Fat Cat, Louis, Pianos, Dizzys Club, Merkin Hall and Rose hall at Lincoln Center. He has also participated in various festivals around the world including the International Association of Jazz Education convention, as a representative of Israel, and at festivals in Europe such as the Sibiu Jazz Festival in Romania and the Gyor International Art Festival in Hungary. In Israel, he is a frequent participant of local jazz festivals, while also accompanying world-renowned musicians in their concerts in Israel, such as Walter Blanding Jr. (Tn. Sax.), Arnie Lawrence (Alto Sax.) James Moody (Tn. Sax.) Miles Griffith (Vocals) Pat Metheny (Guitar) Eric Alexander (Tn. Sax) Max Roach (Drums) Jason Lindner (Piano) and many others.

http://www.myspace.com/talronen

Tim Newton has been a noted and highly requested studio drummer in NYC area for over a decade. Tim played and recorded Drums for Atlantic Records' artist Duncan Sheik… including US and European tours.

He also played with Stephen Kellogg (Universal Records), Kristin Hoffman (Interscope Records), The Alternate Routes (Star Polish Management), and played in the Musicales: “Anything goes” and “Annie”.

He studied under several prominent studio drummers, including Saturday Night Live’s drummer Shawn Pelton. Tim has also played drums for several of the larger regional bands, including The Alternate Routes, and Running on Rooftops. Tim is also one of the founding members of the band Evensong Rising which he currently plays with.