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23 September 2024

Leeds International Piano

Competition Names 2024

Winners

By The Violin Channel

September 23, 2024

3 MIN READ
The 24-year-old Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko

has won first place with a £30,000 cash prize

Founded in 1963, the Leeds International Piano Competition is

held every three years and is open to pianists under the age of 30
from around the world.

This year’s £30,000 First Prize and the Dame Fanny Waterman
Gold Medal was awarded to Jaeden Izik-Dzurko from Canada.
Izik-Dzurko will also receive concerto engagements with the

UK’s Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, a Wigmore Hall
debut, recitals across the UK, international tours with the

Steinway Prize Winner Concerts Network and Global Music
Network, and more.

Second Prize and the Marion Thorpe Silver Medal with £18,000
was awarded to Chinese pianist Junyan Chen, who also won the