Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, winner of the 2024 Dame Fanny Waterman Gold Medal at the Leeds International Piano Competition and the Grand Prize at the Concours Musical International de Montréal, is a current Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellow.
The 2025/26 season features high profile debut performances at London’s Wigmore Hall, San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. Jaeden will also appear as soloist with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, alongside returns to the Kamloops Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. His programs feature works by Chopin, Brahms, Grieg, and Rachmaninoff, with collaborations with conductors Jessica Cottis, Gemma New, and Alexander Shelley.
Past highlights include performances at Carnegie Hall, Salle Cortot, Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional, and with orchestras such as Edmonton Symphony, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, and Oxford Philharmonic. He has worked with conductors including Domingo Hindoyan, Joseph Swensen and John Storgårds.
Jaeden’s accolades include first prizes at the Hilton Head, Maria Canals, and Paloma O’Shea Santander competitions. Born in British Columbia 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.