A distant relative of Felix Mendelssohn and Martin Buber, Eyran Katsenelenbogen was born in Israel on July 5, 1965, and started taking piano lessons at the age of five with Aida Barenboim – mother and teacher of pianist / conductor Daniel Barenboim.  In 1984, Eyran began his eight-year long apprenticeship with acclaimed Israeli pianist Menachem Wizenberg.

After a series of solo performances held at the Jerusalem Music Center, Katsenelenbogen was placed under contract by the Jazzis record label.  "Jazzonettes" and "One Time", recorded for Jazzis in 1989 and 1992, won high praises in the Parisian “Jazz Hot” magazine and the London “Jazz Journal International”, which dubbed Katsenelenbogen "an emerging talent to watch".

On the basis of his recordings, Eyran was granted a scholarship from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA.  He studied with pianist Ran Blake, Paul Bley and Fred Hersch, and collaborated with Danilo Perez, George Russell, Jimmy Heath, Gunther Schuller (a performance reviewed as "exemplary" by the Boston Globe) and many others. He graduated in 1997, with Academic Distinction, Excellence in Performance, Pi Kappa Lambda and four consecutive National Dean's List awards, and was appointed by the conservatory to teach for its extension division - a position he currently fulfils.

Eyran has recently released his fourth CD, "Formation", produced in part by pianist Paul Bley and WGBH radio producer Richard Knisely, as well as a fifth CD, "One is Not Fun, but 20 is Plenty" which was recorded in collaboration with Matthew Savage, endorsed by the Autism Society of America, and produced by Savage Records.