Programme
- Thea Musgrave – Dawn
- Gerald Finzi – Interlude
- JS Bach – Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
- Maurice Ravel – Sonatine arr. oboe and piano
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Deep River arr. for oboe and piano
- JS Bach – Oboe Sonata in Gm, BWV 1030b
- Alma Mahler – Leise weht in erstes Blühn
- Robert Schumann – Wehmut from Liederkreis
- Fanny Mendelssohn – Gondellied
- Robert Schumann – Adagio and Allegro
Ewan Miller
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, helping secure further recital opportunities around the UK over the coming years. In 2023 he was selected as a Hattori Foundation Senior Award winner. 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, and London Concertante, and has also performed with the BBC Philharmonic, 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.
Tomos Boyles
Rising Welsh musician Tomos Boyles is rapidly carving out a career as a young and exciting concert pianist. Described as possessing a ‘romantic flair and passion that only comes from intense involvement’ (Carol Nixon, LMC), he has performed at numerous prestigious venues including St Martin in the Fields in Trafalgar Square, the Holywell Music Room in Oxford, St David’s Hall in Cardiff, and the Wales Millennium Centre. Recent performances include solo recitals at the Ludlow Piano Festival and the Beaumaris Festival, and upcoming ones include a chamber recital at Sinfonia Smith Square and a solo recital at Wigmore Hall.
He has enjoyed success in competitions, having recently been awarded first prizes at both the Urdd Eisteddfod and the Wales International Piano Festival solo categories. Other top prizes include the prestigious Blue Ribband at the National Eisteddfod, and first place in the EPTA competition. His interviews have been published by the Cross-Eyed Pianist’s Meet the Artist series and broadcasted by S4C and BBC Wales. Tomos graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University in 2022 with a first-class degree in music having held a scholarship during his studies. Now a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Tomos works under Professor Rustem Hayroudinoff, having previously studied with Alison Bowring. He has also benefitted from masterclasses with such pianists as Joanna MacGregor, Piers Lane, Tom Poster, and Artur Pizarro. He is generously supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the John Fussell Memorial Trust Fund