About — STRINGenius

Rebecca Arons
cellist, contractor, producer

Adi Yeshaya
arranger, composer, pianist

Beginning in Minneapolis over twenty years ago, Adi and Rebecca’s paths crossed regularly in the recording studio as artists and producers. Rebecca had been benefitting from Adi’s amazing arrangements for her projects, and Adi had regularly been having Rebecca put together session players. They decided to make their collaboration official by co-founding STRINGenius.

Since that time, they have honed their approach of organic and seamless music-making and music contracting, with Rebecca’s company, RDA Productions, providing contracting administrative services. Adi and Rebecca are grateful to the amazing community of musicians they partner with on a regular basis, and are always looking for new and exciting projects and collaborations.

Rebecca Arons

Cellist Rebecca Arons is a dynamic performer and in-demand recording artist and producer. She is co-founder of the arranging, production and contracting company STRINGenius with Adi Yeshaya and she is owner of RDA Productions which provides contracting administrative services for STRINGenius. Equally at home working with Aerosmith as with Andrea Bocelli, she contracts and performs with a community of talented musicians, and has worked with the world’s top ballet companies, Broadway tours and rock and pop’s biggest names, including Stevie Wonder, The Eagles, Ed Sheeran, Weird Al and Prince.

Born in Massachusetts and based in Minneapolis, Rebecca has been a member of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra since 1998, has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and is currently a member of STRINGenius Quartet. An eclectic artist with a broad ear, Rebecca is a founding member of alt-rock band And the Professors and the jazz fusion group One World Consort. She has worked with folk/pop songwriter Jonatha Brooke on the Cello Songs Project – a creative collaboration with Jonatha Brooke and Adi Yeshaya. She also co-produced Jonatha’s 2019 album Imposter and toured with her show My Mother Has Four Noses.

Rebecca received her Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Master and Doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota School of Music. She has taught at Gustavus Adolphus College and MacPhail Center for Music and is currently Adjunct Professor of Cello at the University of St. Thomas. in St. Paul, Minnesota.

When she’s not playing music, Rebecca loves wise-cracking, hiking, running, cooking, gardening, playing with her doggo and rooting for the Red Sox.

Adi Yeshaya

Adi Yeshaya is an Israeli-American composer, arranger and jazz pianist. Renowned for his musical mastery and loved for his collaborative spirit, he has spent the last 40 years working in almost every aspect of the music industry, including theater, film, television and recording. He has collaborated with the world’s biggest musical stars like Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Burt Bacharach and Lena Horne. For over 20 years, he has worked with Rebecca Arons on STRINGenius – a contracting, arranging, recording and production company, which has worked on instrumental tracks for such artists as Prince, Judith Hill, Cory Wong, Jonatha Brooke and Rita Ora. Among other film and television work, he has completed his 22nd season as the string arranger for NBC’s The Voice.

Born and raised in Israel, Adi had a strong aspiration to become a composer from a young age. His rare persistence and natural talent enabled him to study with two acclaimed musicians in Israel – arranger Alex Weiss and jazz pianist and educator Dr. Zvi Kirn. Their mentorship helped pave his way to the world-renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Now based in Minneapolis, Adi has worked with the world-renowned Guthrie Theater and the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra.

He has taught at the University of Minnesota, McNally Smith College of Music and Berklee College of Music. An active composer, Adi's recently commissioned composition Children's Themes was premiered by STRINGenius Quartet and percussionist Benny Koonyevsky and was dedicated to the children of Ukraine.

When he’s not composing, Adi enjoys watching movies, spending quality time and conversation with his kids and laughter with friends.

Partial Client List

Pop/Rock/Jazz (Live Shows)

Studio Recording/Production

Classical/Ballet/Movie & Video Games (Live Shows)

Broadway National Tours