About
Ewan is a prominent young oboist building a career in the UK. In 2020 Ewan won the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician, advancing to the Grand Final, and giving an “exemplary, richly shaded account” (The Guardian), of Navarro’s “Legacy” concerto with the BBC Philharmonic. Since the competition he has been performing as a soloist in recitals around the UK, including at the Windsor, Cheltenham, and Lake District Summer Music Festivals. He is an artist with both the Tillett Debut Scheme and Countess of Munster Recital Scheme, helping secure further recital opportunities around the UK over the coming years; he is bookable through the new UK Artists Directory. In 2025 Ewan won the Wind, Brass, Percussion category final of the Royal Over-Seas League competition, and as such will be part of the final at Wigmore Hall in July 2025. Ewan's long-time collaborative pianist is the exciting young soloist Tomos Boyles.
As a freelancer, he has performed as principal oboe with the RPO, Aurora Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and London Concertante, and has also performed with the Philharmonia, BBC Phil, RLPO, and Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a current member of the award-winning quintet Lumas Winds.
Ewan did his undergraduate at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, and his postgraduate at RAM, where he was awarded the Bicentennial Prize and Janet Craxton Memorial Prize, as well as winning the departmental Oboe Prize. He studied primarily with Melanie Ragge, while also receiving lessons from Christopher Cowie, and Patrick Flanaghan for cor anglais.
Beyond oboe he is also a jazz pianist, gigging regularly in bars and restaurants around Oxford and London. Ewan is a Howarth Artist, and plays on a Howarth XM oboe, which he was kindly aided in buying by the Gerald Finzi Trust.
