Alison Balsom
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Alison Balsom recording at Abbey Road in 2013
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| Birth name | Alison Louise Balsom | ||
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7 October 1978 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
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| Genres | Classical | ||
| Occupation(s) | Musician, educator | ||
| Instruments | Trumpet | ||
| Years active | 2001–present | ||
| Labels | EMI Classics, Hyperion Records, Warner Classics | ||
| Website | alisonbalsom |
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Alison Louise Balsom OBE (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, music educator, curator and spokesperson for the importance of music education. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and three German Echo Awards, and was soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009. Balsom has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the University of Leicester and the University of East Anglia, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Balsom was born in Hertfordshire, England. She attended Tannery Drift Primary School in Royston, Hertfordshire, where she started taking trumpet lessons from the age of seven, followed by Greneway Middle School and Meridian School, whilst also playing in the Royston Town Band. Subsequently, she took her A-levels at Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge.
Balsom studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she graduated with first class honours and the Principal's Prize for the highest mark in her year; at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama; the Conservatoire de Paris; and with Håkan Hardenberger.
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