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 ...

Aware of her novelty value as ‘a blonde girl playing the trumpet’, Alison Balsom’s soloist training has taught her always to look forward and to make concerts work even when everything goes wrong. No ...

Even without the fake tan, bare long legs and Alice Temperley sequined minidress which accentuated her shapely figure, Alison Balsom would always stand out in a crowd. The 30-year-old blonde possesses ...

Spend an evening with the Austin Symphony Orchestra and 2013 Gramophone Awards Artist of the Year Alison Balsom as she performs pieces by Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Maurice Ravel.

Saluting the official start of his inaugural season, Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the opening night concert with Alison Balsom, British trumpeter extraordinaire and recipient of the 2013 Gramophone ...