Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “You are absolutely alone when you stand on the edge of the stage. It’s a bit like being on your deathbed: even ...

From elephant blasts to spiritual jazz, Wynton Marsalis’s concerto is a history of the world in trumpet form. As she prepares to give the UK premiere, Balsom describes the thrill of playing it When I ...

Classical trumpeter Alison Balsom is to retire from performing after one final concert at the Last Night Of The Proms to spend more time with her family. The musician, who is married to Skyfall ...

Soloist Alison Balsom delivered Marsalis’s playful new trumpet concerto with poise, expertise and wit – right down to the animal calls Rather like the American quilts whose fabric embeds a story, ...

Classical trumpeter Alison Balsom is to retire from performing after one final concert at the Last Night Of The Proms. The musician, who is married to Skyfall director Sir Sam Mendes, confirmed this ...

Top trumpet virtuoso Alison Balsom joins a team of researchers and musicians, with findings that could mean full orchestral music getting back to stages sooner. A new COVID-19 study from the ...

THE weekend of May 7 marked exactly five years since the York Barbican officially reopened its doors to the public following its renovation. Those present at the BBC Philharmonic gala that night in ...

Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images. English trumpet player Alison Balsom, 34, accepted one of classical music's top awards for a musician, Gramaphone's Artist of the Year Award. The first British ...

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 ...

(3) Sonatas and 3 Partitas, Movements: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004 Alison Balsom, Trumpet Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer King Arthur, Movements: Trumpet Tune Henry Purcell, Composer Alison ...