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Alison Louise Balsom was born in Hertfordshire on October 7th 1978, and spent her early life in the town of Royston. Her father, Bill, was a builder, while her mother worked to place children with foster families.
Alison is a three-time recipient of Germany’s Echo Klassik Award, Gramophone Artist of the Year, and three Classic BRIT awards (two of which as Female Artist of the Year), and has received a Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Award. During her time as Artistic Director of Cheltenham Music Festival, Alison brought the LSO, CBSO, the AAM, and ...
Légende. 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 ...
Mar 11, 2022 · Alison Balsom gives UK premiere of new Wynton Marsalis trumpet concerto. 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. This will be followed by a performance in Bristol on 12th, and then in Germany - Cologne and Hamburg - later in April ...
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.
Mar 11, 2022 · March 11, 2022. Quiet City, released worldwide on 26 August 2022, is a significant departure from Balsom’s previous recordings. The album takes its title from Copland’s haunting work Quiet City, one of Balsom’s favourite works for trumpet, and one she has waited for the right moment to record since she performed it and won the Brass Final ...
