Planning a career in music, like planning to climb a mountain, is much easier said than done. Achieving success as a soloist is like achieving a successful ascent of Mount Everest. Many are called but ...

A taste of soul music from Cat Power; former Belle and Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell; Bach from trumpeter Alison Balsom; Stray Cats rockabilly bassist Lee Rocker; Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars; ...

Sonata for Piano No. 11, Movements: Rondo alla turca Edward Gardner, Conductor Alison Balsom, Trumpet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Libertango Gothenburg Symphony ...

Why we care: You'd think classical composers would find inspiration in jazz trumpet, but apparently not, since the Hummel and Haydn trumpet concertos are still what you mostly hear at symphony ...

Like Sarah Willis, Alison Balsom is another instrumentalist forging a highly successful career in a male-dominated field. Her EMI releases up to now have included arrangements and transcriptions; here ...

Sonatine Alison Balsom, Trumpet Jean Françaix, Composer Tom Poster, Piano Legend Alison Balsom, Trumpet George Enescu, Composer Tom Poster, Piano Concert Etude Alison Balsom, Trumpet Tom Poster, Piano ...

I want to share two classical albums that have really caught my ear and fancy. The first is by an English trumpet player named Alison Balsom, born in Royston, England in 1978. Balsom has recorded many ...

Superstar Alison Balsom performs a virtuosic programme of music from Purcell to Birtwistle via Scarlatti, celebrating the remarkable voice of the trumpet. Britten Sinfonia and Alison Balsom join ...

Classical trumpeter Alison Balsom OBE has opened up about her first date with husband and Skyfall director Sir Sam Mendes, who she says took her to a Quentin Tarantino film to woo her. The 46-year-old ...

The trumpeter and musician Alison Balsom has performed with some of the world’s greatest orchestras. She talks about her latest album, Quiet City. Jack Hilton was a plasterer from Rochdale whose ...