Jared Dunn

Pianist Jarred Dunn won first prize and concerto award at the 7th Lithuanian International Chopin Competition in Vilnius and is a prize winner of the Jan Hoffman International Competition (Kraków). He also won piano and chamber music prizes at D. Vitti, Verona Zinetti, and Rome International Competitions. Described as “a piano sound-colour magician” (Muzikos Barai), “an incredible performer” (TVP), and “technically perfect” (Belarus Radio), he is a Yamaha Artist, Tonebase Artist, and made the CBC Top Thirty Under Thirty list. He is heard on CBC, New Classical 96.3FM, WWFM and WQXR New York, RadioFrance, Belarus First Radio, 98.7 WVMO, PianoPod, and elsewhere. He records for ATMA Classique and Lexicon Classics.

His discography includes Schumann Daydreams (Lexicon), received by the CBC as “Superb” (Tempo) and Górecki’s World of the Piano (ATMA) which was nominated for OpusPrix Contemporary Classical Album of the Year. Other credits include Chopin’s Diary: The Mazurkas, which Fanfare called, “Some of the best Chopin since Rubinstein,” and Brahms in Solitude, for which Piano Professional and LaScena Musicale described him as,

“A Brahms natural…Like Radu Lupu, Jarred Dunn is an innately “thinking” pianist who knows how to place every note without the end result sounding calculated. His Op. 119, No. 1 is serene contemplation free of exaggeration, an entirely successful creation.”

In his repertoire are over forty concerti. He has performed with orchestras in North America and Europe. As a chamber musician he has collaborated with ATMA Quartet, pianists Anna Górecka and Maria João-Pires, cellists Marc Jaermann and Jessica Korotkin, and violinist Anna Kuk. He studied chamber music with Urszula Stańczyk, Marek Moś, and Peter Longworth.

He has been sought for lectures and master classes at The Juilliard School, Royal College of Music (London), Guildhall School, Oberlin College-Conservatory, SMU Meadows, Bydgoszcz Academy, Katowice Academy, and others. He has also taught master classes at the Pre-colleges of the Peabody Institute, Mannes College, and others. He is Artistic Director of Kallmünz Summer Piano Festival. He teaches and performs at summer programs such as Semaine International Piano et Musique de Chambre (Switzerland), Chetham’s International Summer School (UK), and others. He is also a juror for national and international competitions. He is on the Alumni Committee of Aspen Music Festival and School.

His first book was published in 2026: Górecki’s Solo Piano Music (Bloomsbury) and he is currently writing another. His articles are published in pedagogical journals and he presents at conferences annually. While completing his Doctorate at Schulich School of Music of McGill University on a Doctoral Excellence Fellowship, he was invited to its faculty. His artistic work is supported by Canada Council, FRQSC, and the Bader Foundation. He is the recipient of numerous distinctions and awards for his artistic, scholarly, and pedagogical achievements.

Dr. Dunn studied with Andrei Gavrilov, Maria João-Pires, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Anna Górecka, Andrzej Jasiński, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Dorothy Taubman, and Jacob Lateiner.