 Burleson was nominated for a 2015 Juno Award for Classical Album Of The Year for the "AKOKA" CD.His recordings of Saint-Saëns's complete piano works garnered International Piano Choice Awards from International Piano Magazine, and his CD set of Persichetti's piano sonatas received a BBC Music Choice award from BBC Music Magazine.He has also received awards from the International Piano Recording Competition (Silver Medal), the Vienna Modern Masters International Performers' Competition, and was the recipient of a DAAD Grant from the German government to support a residency at the Academy of Arts in Berlin.