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==Career==
==Career==
Balsom has been a professional classical trumpeter since 2001. She is a former [[BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme|BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/newgenerationartists/artists/former_artists.shtml|title=New Generation Artists - Former Artists|work=[[BBC Radio 3]] website}}</ref> 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 contract with EMI Classics. In 2006, Balsom won 'Young British Classical Performer' at the 2006 [[Classical BRIT Awards]] and was awarded the 'Classic FM Listeners' Choice Award' at the [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] [[Gramophone Awards]]. She won 'Female Artist of the Year' at the 2009 and 2011 Classical BRIT Awards. Her third album (the second disc in the EMI contract), ''Caprice'' was released in September 2006 and was awarded 'Solo CD of the Year 2006' by ''Brass Band World'' magazine. Alison was a soloist at the 2009 [[Last Night of the Proms]], performing, among other pieces, [[Haydn]]'s [[Trumpet Concerto (Haydn)|Trumpet Concerto]] with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a jazz-oriented arrangement of [[George Gershwin]]'s "[[They Can't Take That Away from Me]]" with mezzo-soprano [[Sarah Connolly]].
Balsom has been a professional classical trumpeter since 2001. She is a former [[BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme|BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/newgenerationartists/artists/former_artists.shtml|title=New Generation Artists - Former Artists|work=[[BBC Radio 3]] website}}</ref> 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 contract with EMI Classics. In 2006, Balsom won 'Young British Classical Performer' at the 2006 [[Classical BRIT Awards]] and was awarded the 'Classic FM Listeners' Choice Award' at the [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] [[Gramophone Awards]]. She won 'Female Artist of the Year' at the 2009 and 2011 Classical BRIT Awards. Her third album (the second disc in the EMI contract), ''Caprice'' was released in September 2006 and was awarded 'Solo CD of the Year 2006' by ''Brass Band World'' magazine. Alison was a soloist at the 2009 [[Last Night of the Proms]], performing, among other pieces, [[Haydn]]'s [[Trumpet Concerto (Haydn)|Trumpet Concerto]] with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a jazz orientated arrangement of [[George Gershwin]]'s "[[They Can't Take That Away from Me]]" with mezzo-soprano [[Sarah Connolly]].


Balsom was the principal trumpet of the [[London Chamber Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/07/alison-balsom-interview | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Erica | last=Jeal | title=Alison Balsom: The top brass | date=7 October 2010}}</ref> Her main trumpet is a Malone-converted Bach C Trumpet.
Balsom was the principal trumpet of the [[London Chamber Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/07/alison-balsom-interview | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Erica | last=Jeal | title=Alison Balsom: The top brass | date=7 October 2010}}</ref> Her main trumpet is a Malone-converted Bach C Trumpet.

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Alison Balsom
Alison Balsom at a recital in Hamburg in 2006
Alison Balsom at a recital in Hamburg in 2006
Background information
Birth nameAlison Louise Balsom
Born (1978-10-07) 7 October 1978 (age 45)
Royston, Hertfordshire, UK
GenresClassical, jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, Educator
Instrument(s)Trumpet
Years active2001 - present
LabelsEMI Classics, Hyperion Records
WebsiteAlison Balsom Official website

Alison Louise Balsom (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist.

Early life

Balsom was born in Hertfordshire. She attended the Tannery Drift Primary School, then the Greneway Middle School and the Meridian School, all in Royston, Hertfordshire, where she played in a brass band, the Royston Town Band. She took her A levels at the Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge.

She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the Conservatoire de Paris, and also with Håkan Hardenberger.

Career

Balsom has been a professional classical trumpeter since 2001. She is a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist,[1] 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 contract with EMI Classics. In 2006, Balsom won 'Young British Classical Performer' at the 2006 Classical BRIT Awards and was awarded the 'Classic FM Listeners' Choice Award' at the Classic FM Gramophone Awards. She won 'Female Artist of the Year' at the 2009 and 2011 Classical BRIT Awards. Her third album (the second disc in the EMI contract), Caprice was released in September 2006 and was awarded 'Solo CD of the Year 2006' by Brass Band World magazine. Alison was a soloist at the 2009 Last Night of the Proms, performing, among other pieces, Haydn's Trumpet Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a jazz orientated arrangement of George Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away from Me" with mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly.

Balsom was the principal trumpet of the London Chamber Orchestra.[2] Her main trumpet is a Malone-converted Bach C Trumpet.

She is a Visiting Professor of Trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[3]

Personal life

Aside from music, Balsom has a keen interest in yachting.[4] From 2009 to early 2011 she dated British conductor Edward Gardner; in spring 2010 they had a baby boy named Charlie.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Discography

  • Alison Balsom: Music for Trumpet and Organ (EMI Classics Debut, 2002)
  • Alison Balsom & Crispian Steele-Perkins: The Fam'd Italian Masters (Hyperion, 2003)
  • Alison Balsom: Bach works for Trumpet (EMI Classics, 2005)
  • Alison Balsom: Caprice (EMI Classics, 2006)
  • Alison Balsom: Haydn and Hummel Trumpet Concertos (EMI Classics, 2008)
  • Alison Balsom: Italian Concertos (EMI Classics, 2010)
  • BBC Music Magazine, December 2010: Haydn & Hummel concertos (not the 2008 EMI recordings); Albinoni's Oboe Concerto Op. 9 No. 2, transcribed for trumpet; and Vivaldi's Violin Concerto Op. 3 No. 9, arranged for trumpet and instrumental trio.

Awards

  • Best Female Artist, Classical BRIT Awards, 2009[10], 2011[11]
  • Classic FM Listeners' Choice Award, Classic FM Gramophone Award 2006
  • Young British Performer, Classical BRIT Awards, 2006
  • Feeling Musique Prize for quality of sound in the 4th Maurice André International Trumpet Competition.
  • Concerto finalist in the BBC Young Musicians Competition, 1998

References

  1. ^ "New Generation Artists - Former Artists". BBC Radio 3 website.
  2. ^ Jeal, Erica (7 October 2010). "Alison Balsom: The top brass". The Guardian. London.
  3. ^ "Department of Wind, Brass and Percussion". Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b Alison Hoyle (16 May 2009). "The triumph of the trumpet majorette who became a Classical Brit". The Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  5. ^ Whelan, Andy; Hall, Allan (17 April 2011). "The music dies for 'trumpet crumpet' Alison Balsom and her Proms conductor". Daily Mail. London.
  6. ^ Alan Franks (11 September 2009). "Alison Balsom: 'don't compare me to Katherine Jenkins'—She's blonde and in classical music, but that's where the comparisons with Katherine Jenkins end". The Times. London. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  7. ^ Kay, Richard (19 October 2009). "Wills and Kate's incognito evening". Daily Mail. London.
  8. ^ http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/performance/14247.aspx
  9. ^ http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music-features/raising-the-bar-1.1023608
  10. ^ "Classical Brit for UK trumpeter". BBC News. 15 May 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Alison Balsom wins Female Artist". 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.

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