Alison Balsom

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Alison Balsom at the recital in Hamburg, 2006
Alison Balsom's voice (English)

Alison Louise Balsom OBE (* 7. October 1978 in Royston , County Hertfordshire ) is an English trumpeter .

Live and act

Balsom studied in London with John Miller at the Guildhall School of Music Junior Department, in Paris at the Conservatoire de Paris , where she graduated with the highest distinction in 2001, and with Håkan Hardenberger . She has won numerous trumpet competitions. She became internationally known in 2002 with her debut album Music for Trumpet and Organ . In 2006 her album Caprice received the title "Solo CD of the Year 2006" by Brass Band World magazine . That same year, Alison Balsom was appointed visiting professor of trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama .

From 2009 to 2011 she lived with the British conductor Edward Gardner . The two have a son, Charlie, who was born in the spring of 2010.

She creates her own repertoire both as an arranger and as a client and dedicatee for contemporary trumpet concerts. In 2011 she premiered the Seraph Trumpet Concerto by Scottish composer James MacMillan, which was dedicated to her, and released the first recording in the same year on the album of the same name. Her album Kings & Queens followed in 2012 , for which she recorded works by Handel and Purcell on the natural trumpet .

Her album Paris was created in collaboration with trumpeter and band leader Guy Barker and brought arrangements of French classics and chansons from Satie to Legrand, from Ravel to Messiaen. Her album Jubilo was released in November 2016 , recorded with the Academy of Ancient Music and the Choir of King's College with works by Fasch , Bach , Torelli and Corelli .

In addition to her busy concert and recording activities, Alison Balsom is also involved in various charity projects , such as “Brass for Africa”, which aims to give African children and young people new self-confidence and hope by making music.

She has been married to director Sam Mendes since 2017 .

Discography

  • Royal Fireworks - Alison Balsom, Balsom Ensemble (Warner Classics, 2019)
  • Jubilo - Alison Balsom, Academy of Ancient Music, The Choir of King's College Cambridge (Warner Classics, 2016)
  • Paris - Alison Balsom, The Guy Barker Orchestra (Warner Classics, 2014)
  • The Sound of Alison Balsom (Warner Classics, 2013)
  • Kings & Queens - Alison Balsom, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert (EMI, 2012)
  • Seraph: Trumpet Concertos - Alison Balsom, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble (EMI, 2012)
  • Italian Concertos - Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble (EMI, 2010)
  • Haydn Hummel Neruda Torelli: Trumpet Concertos - Alison Balsom, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (EMI, 2008)
  • Caprice - Alison Balsom, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (EMI 2007)
  • Bach: Works For Trumpet - Alison Balsom (EMI, 2006)
  • The Fam'd Italian Masters - Christian Steele-Perkins, Alison Balsom, The Parley Of Instruments (Hyperion, 2003)
  • Music For Trumpet And Organ - Alison Balsom, Quentin Thomas (EMI, 2002)

Awards

  • 2006: Classical BRIT Awards "Best Young Performer" (best young artist)
  • 2007: German Music Prize Echo Klassik for the "Young Artist of the Year"
  • 2009: Classical BRIT Awards "Female Artist of the Year"
  • 2011: Classical BRIT Awards "Female Artist of the Year"
  • 2012: Echo Klassik in the category “Instrumentalist of the Year (Trumpet)” for her album Seraph. Trumpet Concerts
  • 2013: Gramophone "Artist of the Year"

Web links

Commons : Alison Balsom  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Katie Gibbons: Bond director weds classical musician in secret service. The Times , January 24, 2017, accessed May 9, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Homepage Echo Klassik ( Memento from July 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Balsom, Alison
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Balsom, Alison Louise (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Hertfordshire