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Jaeden Izik-Dzurko wins Leeds International Piano Competition 2024 with
The Leeds was co-founded in 1963 by renowned piano teacher Dame Fanny
Waterman. Held every three years, the competition is open to pianists under 30
from around the world.

Jaeden walks away with not only a prize of £30,000 and the Dame Fanny
Waterman Gold Medal, but also a package of concerts with the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, a debut at Wigmore Hall, and recital tours across the
UK and internationally.

“I don’t think any pianist who enters an international competition completely
excludes the possibility of winning, but my frame of mind going into it was
simply to hopefully share my music with the audiences and to communicate
something special to them,” Jaeden added.

“I was trying as best as I could to keep the ranking and the prizes out of mind
and just focus on the music that I wanted to share.”

Jaeden is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, and has a Master’s
degree from the University of British Columbia. In 2021, he was named one of ‘30
hot Canadian classical musicians under 30’ by the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation (CBC).