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. Balsom holds honorary doctorates from Leicester University and Anglia Ruskin Univeristy.

Star trumpeter Alison Balsom adds her first recital with piano to her rich Warner Classics catalogue. Recorded live at St George’s, Bristol, she and Tom Poster, her long-standing recital partner, explore fascinating works from the 20th century, by composers such as Enescu, Hindemith, Martinů, Françaix, Bernstein and Peter Maxwell Davies.

Described as “…simply divine” by the Sunday Telegraph, Alison Balsom has been awarded an OBE for Services to Music, and has dedicated her career to broadening the artistic horizons of the trumpet. Alison has performed worldwide with many of the greatest conductors and orchestras of our time, including Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Claudio ...

2022年3月11日 · Balsom describes it as “A true melancholy that only a certain style of trumpet playing can achieve.” The album Quiet City explores American music of the 20th century, composed in the era of the explosion of jazz.

Alison Balsom gives UK premiere of new Wynton Marsalis trumpet concerto Mar 23, 2024 Four performances of the trumpet concerto with the LSO under Sir Antonio Pappano will begin with the UK première at the Barbican on April 11th...

2024年8月20日 · In Alison’s words; "My new album, Baroque Concertos, has been a passion project of mine for over ten years - the collision of two worlds: the modern, virtuosic piccolo trumpet with an ensemble of ultra-stylish Baroque music experts from across Europe.We're all united by our profound respect and love for Trevor Pinnock, and …

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2024年3月23日 · Alison Balsom gives UK premiere of new Wynton Marsalis trumpet concerto March 23, 2024 by Guest User. Catch Alison playing the thrilling new trumpet concerto by Wynton Marsalis at venues in the UK and Germany this Spring. “I am so excited to share this new trumpet concerto with the world” she says.

" Alison Balsom ist mit ihrem Album Légende in eine neue Welt eingetaucht. Sie spielt Werke für Trompete und Klavier von Françaix, Enescu, Ravel, Hindemith, Bernstein und mehr– live aufgenommen mit ihrem langjährigen Recital-Partner Tom Poster.