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"Elliott Carter’s 'Eight Etudes and a Fantasy' for woodwind quartet seemed like foie gras after a vegan appetizer. Jeffrey Reinhardt, oboist; Emi Ferguson, flutist; Moran Katz, clarinetist; and Adrian Morejon, bassoonist, illuminated the intricacies and moods of each section with flair…”

"Great things will certainly be heard from her... Moran Katz shows a frivolous superiority towards the instrumental Arabesques but she is especially convincing as a poet...Like out of the blue, she develops an "Andante-like" theme in Schneid and the same is valid for the middle part of Weber, where she draws a picture of the typical "Weber style"... Here she acts like an exceptional sound-whisperer. With an intense but never overbearing body language, she shows an understanding of music in a metaphorical sense of a ringing, exciting form..."

"Ritmorroto was played with impressive virtuosity by the top-notch clarinetist Moran Katz..."

"A striking contrast came with the second performer. Moran Katz flowed onto the stage in a startling, shimmering dress and proceeded to fly through the Introduction, Theme and Variations for Bb Clarinet and Piano by Rossini...A graduate of Juilliard, her playing was passionate, open and communicative... Katz was charming... She left the stage to enthusiastic rather than polite applause."

"The Garuda Ensemble – a new group with plenty of familiar performers, among them Ms. O'Connor, the Cellist Fred Sherry, the hornist William Purvis, the oboist Stephen Taylor, the clarinetist Moran Katz and the conductor Jeffrey Milarsky – gave expert, strikingly cohesive performances if three chamber works."

"To their credit, violinist Joyce Hammann, clarinetist Moran Katz and trumpeter Ralph Alessi captured the undertone of this music—a kind of funeral march for 19th Century Europe—while accommodating Caine's contemporary perspective."

"The Goethe-Lieder from 1935 followed in a precise and communicative performance by Lucy Shelton and three fine players handling the three different clarinets involved (Moran Katz, Eb; David Gresham, Bb; Benjamin Fingland, Bass)."

"It was fascinating to watch the musicians move from composed to improvised sections of the presentation and back. The variety of different sounds the ensemble managed to produce was also remarkable, especially the clarinetist and percussionist. Moran Katz sang, cried, swooped, and squealed in the very highest register of her clarinet..."

"Katz played her instrument with expressive lyricism, secure tone quality and agile technique…A remarkable tour de force, excellent breath control and finger acrobatics…Katz is a charming presence with her warm personality."

"Swirling Romantic episodes alternated with klezmerish ornaments in the violin and clarinet parts, exuberantly rendered by Jolles and by clarinetist Moran Katz. Katz's woody chalumeau register also lent depth and a hint of menance to the sinister, lurching 'March' and the slow fantasia-like 'Nigun'".

"Guus Janssen's Concerto for Three Clarinetist and Ensemble was a sharp contrast, with its emphasis on full frontal virtuosity. The able student soloists – Vasko Dukovski, Moran Katz and Ismail Lumanovsky – played fast riffs spiced with klezmer and Balkan influences…"

"The one who demonstrated the greatest measure of stage art was the Clarinetist Moran Katz (a Poulenc Sonata) with the wonderful accompaniment of Alon Goldstein. Katz creates a musical theater with a sea of musical colors, images and expressions. Her playing is picturesque, fascinating and electrifying and her prize is understandable and justified."

"Pablo Ortiz's "Vida Furtiva" (1992), which Ms. Seltzer on piano, Renee Jolles on violin and Moran Katz on clarinet played with assertive and at times explosive energy…"

"Moran is one of the most talented clarinetists, even more, one of the most talented musicians I have ever known."

"The most immediately striking work was a Trio by Paul Desenne, a Venezuelan composer whose forms and rhythms are essentially Latin, and his harmonizations are bright, freewheeling and sophisticated. He also provided some fantastic clarinet writing, played with considerable verve by Moran Katz, with vivid support from Jennifer Rhodes, a bassoonist, and Mr. Sachs at the Piano."

"Accompanied by Beth Nam, 21-year-old clarinetist Moran Katz, a native of Israel, appeared in a maroon strapless taffeta gown and dazzled the audience with French Composer Francis Poulenc's Sonata. Although the piece has many virtuosic passages, such as the fiery finale of the three short movements, the allegro con fuoco movement, which Katz handled as if the clarinet were an extension of herself, the soft, melodic middle movement romanza was nevertheless this reviewer's favorite."

"Mr. Schoenfield's "Trio," for clarinet, violin and piano, raised the temperature further, just before the intermission. This is a piece that requires an understanding of klezmer and the technique and sensibility to bring the nuances of the style to life. Moran Katz, the group's clarinetist, had all the moves -- the bent pitches, the ornaments that make the clarinet seem to laugh and the soulful, voicelike lyricism that is the thumbprint of the klezmer style."

"The performance of clarinetist Moran Katz uplifted the interpretation level to a high and exciting level. Her playing of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto and the Weber Concertino was very stylistic, with a warm tone and a tremendous wealth of nuances. Moran has a wonderful technical control, which serves beautifully the music she plays. In the Mozart concerto, especially in the slow movement, Moran produced musical images that reminded us of the composer’s operatic connection and his poetic melancholy. Moran's playing radiates a great deal of humaneness and love for music."

"Kancheli's Midday Prayers finds a clarinetist (Moran Katz) emitting sounds similar to pure tones that interestingly compliment the singing of psalms texts by a boy soprano."

"The underlying mood is prayerful monotony, but solo clarinet lines (here by Moran Katz) give color and punctuation."

"Moran Katz was excellent in the luminous clarinet part."

"The award for knocking people off their seats goes to students Moran Katz, clarinet; Maria Jeleztcheva, bassoon; Aleks Ozolins, horn; Emily Ondracek, violin."

"It is a display piece for the clarinet, pushing the performer's abilities to the limit, and Katz gave a spectacular performance in sound and in body language. Already the recipient of numerous awards, Katz has world-class potential."