Dror Biran (born 1977) is an Israeli pianist. He is a graduate from the
University of Tel Aviv'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 educatio ...
, 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 (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 a ...
and
Case Western Reserve University, 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 o ...
School of Music.
Dror Biran's Web page
Notes and references
External links
Performance
of Sergey Prokofiev's 8th Piano Sonata
YouTube channel
of Dror Biran
YSU Digital Maag
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
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