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Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, OBE (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and three German Echo Awards, and was a soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009.
Alison Balsom is a passionate advocate of the importance of music education. She studied trumpet at the Paris Conservatoire, and with Håkan Hardenberger. She also studied, and is now an honorary fellow at, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Aug 20, 2010 · Following the popular and critical international success of her Haydn and Hummel concertos recording, Alison Balsom has recorded a programme of Italian Baroq...
Handel: Sinfonia (Amidigi di Gaula, Act 3) (first time on CD) Among the most exciting classical musicians of our time, Alison Balsom was first inspired by Dizzy Gillespie to become a virtuosic...
Oct 6, 2012 · ALISON BALSOM - Sound the Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel) - YouTube. Warner Classics. 947K subscribers. Subscribed. 30K. 4.9M views 11 years ago. ALBUM AVAILABLE HERE:...
Alison Balsom is one of the best trumpet soloists of her generation, with a defiantly forward-looking musical philosophy. Alison practised on a trumpet belonging to her uncle, playing in both the National Youth Orchestra and the pan-European Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.
2024 SEASON. Edinburgh International Festival: Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Elim Chan. Sunday, August 18, 2024 6:00pm – 8:30pm. Usher Hall (map) Three pioneering musical languages dramatically contrast in this expedition of the concerto form. Guided by conductor Elim Chan, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra meets two dazzling soloists.
