Winner of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition and recipient of the Dame Fanny Waterman Gold Medal, 25-year-old Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko has been celebrated by audiences, critics and composers alike for his communicative power, refined technical command and artistic maturity. A few months before his triumph in Leeds, Jaeden became the first Canadian Grand Prize Laureate in an instrumental edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal in May 2024.

 

An experienced recitalist, Jaeden has made prominent debuts at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Illinois, Vancouver Recital Society, Münchner Künstlerhaus, Salle Cortot and Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao. Recent concerto performances include those alongside the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Oviedo Filarmonía, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the RTVE Symphony Orchestra. His playing has been broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today, BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, BBC4 TV, Catalunya Ràdio, CBC Radio’s In Concert, WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase, and medici.tv.

 

Highlights in the 2025 season include performances with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and solo recital debuts at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Rheingau Musik Festival and Wigmore Hall. He will tour Korea in Spring 2025 and appear in recitals and with orchestras throughout Europe through the Steinway Prizewinner Concerts Network as the winner of both the Concours musical international de Montréal and Leeds Competition. October 2024 marked the release of Jaeden’s debut EP by Warner Classics, featuring a selection of his performances in Leeds.

 

Jaeden first gained international recognition in 2022, claiming first prize at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, the Maria Canals International Music Competition, and the 20th Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, where he also won the Canon Audience Prize and the Chamber Music Award. In 2024, he was awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship.

 

Born and raised in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Jaeden earned his Bachelor of Music degree at The Juilliard School with Yoheved Kaplinsky and his Master of Music degree at the University of British Columbia with Corey Hamm. He is also a former student of Ian Parker. He currently studies with Jacob Leuschner at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and Benedetto Lupo at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.