Alison Balsom
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Artist's top tracks
| Marcello / Arr. Balsom: Oboe Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio | Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble | 04:24 | |
| Goedicke / Arr. Dokshitser: Concert Étude, Op. 49 | Alison Balsom, Tom Poster | 03:17 | |
| Albinoni: Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, T. So 26 (from "6 Sonatas da chiesa", Op. 4): II. Allegro (Arr. for Trumpet) | Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble | 02:03 | |
| Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 2 Scene 8: No. 25, Aria "Al lampo dell’armi" (Giulio Cesare) | Alison Balsom | 03:30 | |
| Purcell: Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: I. Allegro | Alison Balsom, Balsom Ensemble | 01:16 | |
| Rachmaninov / Transcr. Balsom: 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise | Alison Balsom | 05:02 | |
| Hindemith: Trumpet Sonata: I. Mit Kraft | Alison Balsom | 05:12 | |
| Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. La Réjouissance | Alison Balsom, Balsom Ensemble | 01:27 | |
| Hindemith: Trumpet Sonata: II. Mässig bewegt | Alison Balsom | 02:19 | |
| Stella Natalis : Jenkins: Stella Natalis - IX. The Protector | Karl Jenkins, Marylebone Camerata, Adiemus Singers, Tenebrae | 04:16 |
Most popular release
| Satie / Arr. Barker & Balsom: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave | |
| Piazzolla: Histoire du tango: II. Café 1930 | |
| Piazzolla: Oblivion | |
| Legrand: La Valse des Lilas |
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Biography
The English trumpet player Alison Balsom was born in Royston, Hertfordshire and, according to her own website has "cemented an international reputation as one of classical music's great ambassadors and is ranked amongst the most distinctive and ground-breaking musicians on the international circuit today." As well as being a fine trumpet player she has won an impressive array of industry awards in a career which started when she was a finalist in the BBC Young Musicians Competition in 1998 and has gone on to record 13 studio albums.
Balsom has risen swiftly through the ranks to join the great and the good in the world of classical music earning herself an OBE in the process. She doesn't confine herself to classical music and occassionally makes forays into the world of jazz and during an appearance at Last Night of the Proms she performed a jazz arrangement of a Gershwin composition. As well as being a trumpet soloist she also classes herself as an arranger, producer, music educator, curator and spokesperson for the importance of music education. She is married to film director Sam Mendes.