Ewan Millar and Tomos Boyles

Ewan Millar (oboe) and Tomos Boyles (piano).

One of the most prominent young oboists in Britain, Ewan Millar performs a wonderful tribute to his instrument including works by five women composers Fanny Mendessohn, Alma Mahler, Lili Boulanger, Thea Musgrave and Anna Crawse, as well as celebrated works by Francis Poulenc and Robert Schumann. Accompanied by Tomos Boyles.

THEA MUSGRAVE
Dawn for solo oboe

GERALD FINZI
Interlude for oboe and strings (arr. for piano)

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Three Romances

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Beau Soir (arr. J. Heifetz)

ANNE CAWRSE
Callisto from Carmen Perpetuum

Interval

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Oboe Sonata in Gm BWV 1030b, mvmt.2, Siciliano

FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Schwanenlied

ALMA MAHLER
Leise weht in erstes Blühn

LILI BOULANGER
Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie

FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Gondellied

FRANCIS POULENC
Oboe Sonata

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Deep River

Ewan is one of the most prominent young oboe soloists in the UK. In 2020 Ewan won the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician. In 2025 he won the coveted Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League competition at Wigmore Hall. 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, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Aurora Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and principal cor anglais with the LPO and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

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.

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