Ethan Blake

Ethan Blake is currently a cellist based at the University of Colorado Boulder pursuing a BM in cello performance in the studio of Prof. David Requiro. Ethan has performed throughout the United States, Italy, and Japan, and has been the recipient of fellowships from programs such as the Accademia Musicale Chigiana and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Other festivals Ethan has played at include the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brevard Music Festival, and the Innsbrook Institute. He is the first prize winner of the T. Gordon Parks Concerto Competition, the Pikes Peak Philharmonic Concerto Competition, and the Undergraduate Honors Competition at CU. As a chamber musician, he has worked with the members of numerous ensembles, such as the Borromeo, Takács, Jupiter, Calidore, and Beijing String Quartets. In January, Ethan will join the Boulder Philharmonic as Assistant Principal Cello. Other ensembles that he has appeared with include the Fort Collins Symphony, Pro Musica Colorado, and the Boulder Symphony, among others. Former teachers of his include Matthew Zalkind, Robert deMaine, Alice Yoo, Steven Doane, and Annemarie Dawson. Outside of music, his interests include basketball, cooking, petting/walking dogs, and cycling.