Ewan comes from Reading and has been playing the oboe since he was eight, firstly with Nicky Fairbairn and now with Melanie Ragge. He was the winner of the Woodwind Category Final of the BBC Young Musician 2020. He read Music at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, where he played in several ensembles, including the Oxford University Orchestra and a wind quintet, sung in the college choir and played piano in a jazz trio.