JaedenIzik-Dzurko

"In a world of competition, hype and promotion Jaeden Izik-Dzurko stands apart. He's a sincere artist that deserves our attention". (Bachtrack)

Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko is a current recipient of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and the 2024 winner of the Dame Fanny Waterman Gold Medal at the Leeds International Piano Competition. He also recently became the first Canadian instrumentalist to be awarded the Grand Prize Laureate at the Concours Musical International de Montréal.

His 2024/25 season includes performances in a variety of repertoire with the National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and solo recital debuts include at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Rheingau Musik Festival and Snape Maltings. He will perform in Korea, Japan and across Europe as part of the Steinway Prizewinner Concerts Network including recitals at Elbphilharmonie, Wigmore Hall and Leipzig Gewandhaus. Autumn 2024 marked the release of his debut EP on Warner Classics, featuring a selection of his performances at the Leeds, including Ravel and Scriabin.

Jaeden has also made debuts at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Salle Cortot, Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Illinois, Vancouver Recital Society, Münchner Künstlerhaus and Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao. In concerto he has performed with Edmonton Symphony, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Oviedo Filarmonía, Oxford Philharmonic and the RTVE Symphony Orchestra. Recent conductor collaborations include with Domingo Hindoyan, John Storgårds and Joseph Swensen.

Other awards include first prize of the Hilton Head, Maria Canals, and Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competitions where he also won the Canon Audience Prize and Chamber Music Award.

Born in British Colombia with Hungarian-Ukrainian heritage, Jaeden formerly attended the Juilliard School and now studies with Jacob Leuschner at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and Benedetto Lupo at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.