Astonishing virtuosity in Izik-Dzurko's Wigmore Hall debut

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko

By Nick Boston, 16 December 2025

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“capturing Rachmaninov’s shifts of mood, all with highly expressive and expansive tone”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 15 December 2025

Bach, Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV828

Franck, Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

Scriabin, Fantasie in B minor, Op.28

Rachmaninov, 10 Preludes, Op.23

Medtner, Fairy Tale for Piano in G major, Op.51 no.6

Peterson, Place St Henri

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, Piano

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Nick Butters, 22nd September

Brahms vs Tchaikovsky, the final showdown? Perhaps not, but a close-run contest between a deeply thoughtful Brahms Second Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. Was there a winner?

****1

Concierto dispar en el comienzo de temporada de la OSM

David Santana Cañas, 21st September

Una magnífica interpretación del Concierto para orquesta de Lutosławski cierra una velada que comenzó con algunas carencias.

**111

Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.

****1

Jurowski marks Hans Werner Henze’s centenary at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.

****1

Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.

****1

Alsop conducts a substitute Marsalis symphony at Carnegie Hall

David Wolfson, 29th May

The premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony no. 5 is postponed, substituted by selections from his Jungle Symphony, along with a disappointing Beethoven’s Seventh at Carnegie Hall.

***11

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Maturity of expression and astonishing virtuosity in Jaeden Izik-Dzurko's Wigmore Hall debut