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; ...

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 ...

Firmly established as one of the world’s leading trumpeters, Alison Balsom also ranks among classical music’s great ambassadors. The “magnetic and distinctive” (The Times, U.K.) musician has swept up ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alison has been credited with rejuvenating the classical music scene with her talent and versatility, making the trumpet far more accessible to audiences than it ever has been and being a positive ...

The only performances of Bach's Goldbergs which don't hit the spot for me tend to be those played on harpsichord. Piano will always be best, but I've enjoyed versions for harp, guitar, string ...

The International Women’s Brass Conference was established to provide opportunities to support and inspire women brass instrumentalists pursuing professional careers in music. It was founded by some ...

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 ...