empty cell Alison Balsom
Alison Balsom is an English trumpeter born in 1978 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Conservatoire de Paris. Her discography includes albums such as "Baroque Concertos" (2024), "Italian Concertos" (2010), and "Sound the Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel" (2012). Balsom has received awards including "Artist of the Year" at the Gramophone Awards in 2013 and "Female Artist of the Year" at the Classical BRIT Awards in 2009 and 2011. She has collaborated with conductor Trevor Pinnock and specializes in Baroque music, performing on both modern and Baroque trumpets. The products available from the artist Alison Balsom include CDs.
