Ran Dank performing with the Cleveland Orchestra and Jahja Ling during the 2007 Competition.  Photo by Roger Mastroianni Ran Dank, age 25, of Israel is a graduate of the Tel Aviv Music Academy in Israel (BM) and The Juilliard School (MM).  He currently resides in the United States.  Mr. Dank won first prize at the 2006 Gina Bachauer Piano Competition at The Juilliard School, and first prize at the 2003 Lions Organization International Piano Competition in Belgium.  In 2006, Mr. Dank performed with the Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra in Israel and The Juilliard School Orchestra in New York.  During that same year, he performed recitals in New York and across the U.S.