…Dror Biran’s playing…..powerful but beautifully sensitive, brilliant but full of artistry, seductively lyrical but intensely dramatic at climaxes… Pieter Kooji - Cape Times

…The closing work was the grandiose Piano Quintet in F minor by Brahms. Considering the scope of the piano part, Brahms could without exaggeration have named the work a concerto for piano and string quartet, so difficult and massive is the pianist’s contribution. Dror Biran, the pianist, was equal to every one of the composer’s demands, technically and interpretatively. The five players, adopting the most fiery of approaches in the quick movements, revealed all the composer mastery of the piano quintet
medium…. Michael Traub –The Citizen

…The young Israeli pianist Dror Biran was one of the most glittering surprises on this year’s concert platform in Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto. Here was a supportive partnership between soloist and conductor which after the most beautiful opening in the middle section, Andante con moto, let to idiomatic classical interpretative art.
Biran could even shape the Bosendorfer grand of Linder, often the death sound of the soloists, with his praiseworthy touch and articulation. Biran’s enthusiastic handling of each passage, even melodic or harmonic turn was anchored in his clear approach to the concerto. It lent a dimension to the Fourth which one associates with the sparkling interpretation of a Gilels or Michelangeli. The infectious often hilarious dance like character formed a contrast of the lyricism of the singing passages. His playing is so logically musical that artificiality never enters. Just a living art which infectiously takes the listener on a reconnaissance flight, as Beethovenish as one does not often experience so completely…..Die Bleed

…The recital began with Krisleriana, op. 16, by Schumann. A vast and complicated work, when the beautiful and lyrical moments contrast with others of vigorously expressive romanticism. Biran’s interpretation was impeccably exact, with clear reading of the part that managed to evoke the spirit of Schumann with precision and sensitivity… Heraldo de Aragón

…The Israeli pianist (Dror Biran) approached the impossible concert no.2 by Prokofiev in the only possible way: with reckless self confidence and over powering aggression. One can only get through the demanding four movement work if you have the necessary technique and Chutzpa in abundance. Biran surely impressed as soloist-technically without doubt, but also as he in such a merciless work of pianistic and orchestral fireworks in extremely difficult rhythmic patterns could also expose the melodic and harmonic aspects of finesse... Die Burger

…Biran dispatched all this music with sure technical command and a nice sense of tonal contrast. His fortissimos crashed and roared while next to them came pianissimos that whispered seductively….The Plain Dealer

….I was extreemly impressed by his stage presence, his remarkable interpretive skills as well as his technical ability….Franz Welser –Most