Ethan Nylander

Ethan Nylander is a young professional flutist with an emerging international career. Currently an academist with the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker in Mönchengladbach, Germany, he specializes in orchestral performance. He has appeared with ensembles such as the SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart and the Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg, as well as in the United States with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and the River Cities Symphony Orchestra. He has attended summer orchestral festivals such as the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland and the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute in Washington, D.C.

Ethan earned his Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance at West Virginia University in the class of Nina Assimakopoulos. He is currently pursuing a Master of Music at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in the class of Mario Caroli. A recipient of a Fulbright Grant to France in 2023-2024, he earned a diploma at the École Normale Supérieure de Musique de Paris in the class of Mihi Kim with honors and congratulations from the jury.

A prizewinner in more than twenty national and international competitions, Ethan has earned top honors including First Prize at the Dutch International Flute Competition, the Atlanta Flute Club Young Artist Competition, and the National Symphony Orchestra SMI Solo Competition. He also performed solo with the WVU Symphony Orchestra in 2022 as a concerto competition winner and has performed in recital at prestigious venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, Salle Cortot in Paris, and Kresge Concert Hall in Pittsburgh.

In addition to performing, Ethan is active as a composer. His debut album, Métamorphose: Contemporary Solo Works for Low Flutes—featuring works for alto and bass flute by French-speaking composers, including one of his own compositions for bass flute and electronics—is available on streaming platforms and YouTube. He has written, performed, and recorded several more of his own works which can be heard on YouTube.