Dror Biran is an Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i pianist.

He is a graduate from the University of Tel Aviv's Rubin Music Academy and the Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland Institute of Music

The Cleveland Institute of Music is an independent music conservatory located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States and is overseen by president Joel Smirnoff and Adrian Daly, dean....

, 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

Cleveland International Piano Competition

The Cleveland International Piano Competition 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 and the Cleveland Institute of Music to honor the memory of French pianist Robert...

 (1997, 4th prize). He subsequently won the Pilar Bayona Competition

Pilar Bayona Piano Competition

The Pilar Bayona Piano Competition was a piano competition held in Zaragoza in memory of pianist Pilar Bayona . It was dissolved in 2004 and converted into a series of grants for Aragonese musicians...

 (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

Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2010, there were 15,194 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. It is recognized as being one of the premier schools in the country, comparable to Ivy League...

 and Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...

, Biran currently holds an assistant piano professor position at the University of Louisville

University of Louisville

The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...

 School of Music.

External links

• Performance of Sergey Prokofiev's 8th Piano Sonata
  Piano Sonata No. 8 (Prokofiev)
  Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84, the third of his three War Sonatas, was composed between 1939-1944 and premiered 30 December 1944 in Moscow by Emil Gilels....
  
  
• YouTube channel of Dror Biran
• YSU Digital Maag photograph of Biran in performance at YSU's annual piano week.