All About Ethan

Ethan Resnik is 17 and has been playing the piano for 11 years. He has composed over 40 compositions, including chamber music, a piano concerto, as well as concert band and orchestral works. At age 11, Ethan made his Carnegie Hall debut and has performed there several times since, playing piano and alto saxophone, as well as three original compositions. Ethan has earned first place in several international music competitions and was invited to perform in Russia. He performed in Paris during the 2018 Concert Festival International Summer Tour. Later that year, he was featured as a soloist with the North Shore Symphony Orchestra. His music has been performed by the Akron Symphonic Winds, the New England Music Camp Symphony Orchestra, and he conducted his original work with the Byram Hills High School Wind Symphony. During this past summer, Ethan studied composition at Oberlin Conservatory and Eastman School of Music and also spent his sixth summer at New England Music Camp. Ethan is a composition major at The Juilliard School Pre-College Division and is part the New York Youth Symphony Composition Program. He was featured on NPR’s From the Top, Episode 377, to be aired in February, 2020. For two years, Ethan performed weekly hour-long piano concerts for residents and dementia patients at a local assisted living facility. He initiated two solo piano performances, raising over $3000 for Patient Access Network Foundation and Wounded Warrior Project. He also organized and participated in a charity music concert that raised over $2700 to help a classmate who was critically injured in an accident. He wants to continue using his music to bring healing and hope to our world.