Alison Balsom (born 1978, Hertfordshire) is an Englishtrumpet soloist. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Paris Conservatory, and also with Håkan Hardenberger. She is a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and she released her debut album with EMI Classics in 2002. In 2005, she released her second disc, "Bach Works for Trumpet" as part of a three-disc exclusive contract with EMI Classics. Her third album (the second disc in the EMI contract), "Caprice" was released in September 2006. Image File history File links Alison_balsom_caprice. ... Image File history File links Alison_balsom_caprice. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... The GSMD seen across the Barbican lake. ... Conservatoire de Paris, or Paris Conservatoire, has been central to the evolution of music in France and Western Europe. ... HÃ¥kan Hardenberger (born 1961, Malmö) is a Swedish trumpeter. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. ... EMI Classics is a record label of EMI. It was formed in 1990 in order to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogs for internationally distributed classical music releases. ...
Discography
Alison Balsom: Music for Trumpet and Organ (EMI Classics Debut series, 2002)
Alison Balsom: Bach works for Trumpet (EMI Classics, 2005)
Alison Balsom: Caprice (EMI Classics, 2006)
Awards
Concerto finalist in the BBC Young Musicians Competition, 1998
Feeling Musique Prize for quality of sound in the 4th Maurice André International Trumpet Competition.
Young British Performer at the Classical Brit Awards, 2006
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