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EWAN MILLAR WINS ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE 2025 MUSIC COMPETITION GOLD MEDAL


“Rarely appearing to take a breath, he swept though all moods with rather hushed aplomb” - The Times, 2021

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 has recently been chosen as an artist with both the Tillett Debut Scheme and Countess of Munster Recital Scheme.

As a freelancer, he has performed as principal oboe with the RPO, Aurora Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, and London Concertante, and has also performed with the Philharmonia, RLPO, and Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been selected as a Foyle Future Firsts musician with the LPO for the 2024/25 season. 
 

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.

Cerys MacAllister is a soprano from Ireland. In 2021 she graduated from The Royal Academy of Music with first class honours in a Bachelors in Music performance. There she studied under the tutelage of Mary Brennan and Dearbhla Collins. Cerys is currently in her second year pursuing a Masters degree at The Royal Academy of Music in London under Yvonne Howard and Jonathan Papp.




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