Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, piano
Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko is the 2024 Gold Medal winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition and a current recipient of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. That same year he took gold in Leeds, Jaeden made history as the first Canadian to receive the Grand Prize at the Concours Musical International de Montréal.
The 2025/26 season features high profile debut performances at London’s Wigmore Hall, San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, the Leipzig Gewandhaus (Mendelssohn-Saal), and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. Jaeden will also make his debut as soloist with both the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, and makes returns to the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. His repertoire this season includes works by Chopin, Brahms, Grieg, and Rachmaninoff, with collaborations alongside conductors Jessica Cottis, Gemma New and Alexander Shelley.
Jaeden has performed solo recitals at leading international venues, such as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris, and the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid. Other notable engagements include performances with the Vancouver Recital Society, Münchner Künstlerhaus, and Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao. His orchestral highlights include appearances with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, and the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Domingo Hindoyan, John Storgårds, and Joseph Swensen.
Jaeden has earned top prizes at the Hilton Head, Maria Canals, and Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competitions, where he was also awarded the Canon Audience Prize and Chamber Music Award.
Born in British Columbia with Hungarian-Ukrainian heritage, Jaeden studied under Dr. Corey Hamm and Ian Parker before pursuing further studies at the Juilliard School with Veda Kaplinsky, the Hochschule für Musik Detmold with Jacob Leuschner, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Benedetto Lupo.