Dror Biran (born 1977) is an Israeli pianist. He is a graduate from the

University of Tel Aviv Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Loc ...

's Rubin Music Academy and the

Cleveland Institute of Music The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) is a private music conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1920 by Ernest Bloch, it enrolls 325 students in the conservatory and approximately 1,500 students in the preparatory and continuing educa ...

, where he earned his doctorate in studies with Paul Schenly and Daniel Shapiro. Biran was prized at the 1995 Mikolajus Ciurlionis Competition (2nd prize - ex-aequo with Evgeny Samoilov) and the

Cleveland Competition The Cleveland International Piano Competition is an American piano competition that takes place biennially in Cleveland, Ohio. The initial Competition in 1975 and the nine others that followed were sponsored jointly by the Robert Casadesus Society ...

(1997, 4th prize). He subsequently won the Pilar Bayona Competition (1998) and the Spring Competition in Tel Aviv (2000). He has performed internationally, both as a soloist and chamber musician. Formerly teaching at

Youngstown State University Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges ...

and

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Res ...

, Biran currently holds an assistant piano professor position at the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...

School of Music.
Dror Biran's Web page

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Performance
of

Sergey Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, ...

's 8th Piano Sonata
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of Dror Biran
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photograph of Biran in performance at YSU's annual piano week. Living people 1977 births Israeli classical pianists Prize-winners of the Pilar Bayona Piano Competition Cleveland International Piano Competition prize-winners Jewish classical pianists Cleveland Institute of Music alumni 21st-century classical pianists {{classical-pianist-stub