Jaeden Izik-Dzurko is the 2024 Gold Medal winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition and a current recipient of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. The same year he took gold in Leeds, he made history as the first Canadian to receive the Grand Prize at the Concours Musical International de Montréal.

This season, Izik-Dzurko debuts at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Leipzig Gewandhaus (Mendelssohn-Saal), and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. He also makes solo debuts with both the Montreal Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, and returns to the Edmonton Symphony and National Arts Centre Orchestra. He makes his debut at the San Francisco Symphony with this recital.

Izik-Dzurko has performed solo recitals at 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 Bilbao Orchestra and RTVE Symphony. He has earned top prizes at the Hilton Head, Maria Canals, and Paloma O’Shea Santander International piano competitions.

Born in British Columbia with Hungarian-Ukrainian heritage, Izik-Dzurko studied with Corey Hamm at the University of British Columbia before studying at the Juilliard School. He currently trains with Jacob Leuschner at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and Benedetto Lupo at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.