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Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko’s name has rapidly risen to prominence in the classical music world in the last few years. He was named one of CBC’s ”30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30” in 2021. In 2022, he won first prize at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, first prize at the Maria Canals International Music Competition, as well as first prize and gold medal at the 20th Santander International Piano Competition. In 2023, he spent the year performing in renowned halls all over the world. And this year, his victories at the 2024 Montreal International Music Competition in May…

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Leeds, Sept. 21, 2024 – Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, 24, has tonight won the 21st edition of the Leeds International Piano Competition, one of the most prestigious prizes in the musical world. Performing with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan at St George’s Hall in Bradford, Izik-Dzurko was chosen as the winner by the jury after a performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. In addition to the £30,000 cash prize and the Dame Fanny Waterman Gold Medal, Izik-Dzurko also receives a career-changing prize package which includes concerto engagements with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Wigmore…

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Welcome to the 2024 Summer national issue of La Scena Musicale, our final national issue of the year, in this our 28th season (2023-24) of publishing. CURRENT ISSUE La Scena Musicale’s 28th annual Summer Festival Guide is again glossy, all-colour and in the bigger three-column format. With over 450 festivals, this is Canada’s largest directory of summer arts and music festivals—classical music, jazz, world, folk, country, pop and rock music, theatre, dance, film, visual arts and competitions. This summer issue comes in separate English and French editions with a combined print run of 68,000 copies and is distributed nationally, including…

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Welcome to the April/May 2024 national issue of La Scena Musicale. Tenor Pene Pati is featured on the cover of the English edition, and Canadian playwright Mishka Lavigne is our French-edition cover artist. This issue marks our fifth of six national issues, in our six-issue 28th season. CURRENT ISSUE This issue contains an exciting variety of content—from interviews with stars of the operatic stage such as Pene Pati, Michael Spyres, and Joyce El-Khoury, to features on arts leaders Dr. Peter Simon and Mark Gillespie. We sit down with Les Violons du Roy, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Pro Musica, the Festival…

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