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Alison Balsom

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English classical trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator.
Born October 7, 1978 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK.
Aged 15 to 18, she played with the [a861263]. She studied at the [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/1014340-Conservatoire-National-Sup%C3%A9rieur-De-Musique-Et-De-Danse-De-Paris]Paris Conservatoire[/url] and [l305416]. Alison was the Principal Trumpet of the [a=English Chamber Orchestra]. From 2018 to 2019, she was Artistic Director of Cheltenham Music Festival. In 2016, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
She has a son, Charlie (b. 2010), with her ex-partner, the English conductor [a=Edward Gardner], whom she separated in 2011. In 2017, she married film director Sir [a=Sam Mendes].

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Piazzolla: Libertango

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Badinerie from Suite No. 2, BWV 1067

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Partita No. 3 in E BWV1006: Gigue

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Piazzolla: Libertango (Arr. Milone for Trumpet and Orchestra)

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Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: Sarabande

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Releases

7 releases · data from Discogs

Légende (Works For Trumpet And Piano)

2016

Jubilo (Bach, Corelli, Torelli, Fasch)

2016

Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music Of Purcell & Handel)

2012

Italian Concertos

2010

Trumpet Concertos

2008

Caprice: Trumpet Transcriptions

2006

Works For Trumpet

2005

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January 26, 2020

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts

Skokie, Illinois, United States

1. Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (with Music of the Baroque)

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September 28, 2014

Roundhouse

London, England, United Kingdom

1. Oblivion(Astor Piazzolla cover)
2. RV 320/ III Allegro Assai(Antonio Vivaldi cover)
3. Le valse des lillas(Eddie Barclay & Quincy Jones cover)
4. April in Paris(Vernon Duke cover)
5. Syrinx, L. 129(Claude Debussy cover)
6. Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 3: I. Allegro(Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni cover)
7. Trois Gymnopédies : III. Lent et grave(Erik Satie cover)
8. Les feuilles mortes(Yves Montand cover)
9. If I Were a Bell(Miles Davis cover)
10. Nuages(Quintette du Hot Club de France cover)
11. Joy Spring(Clifford Brown cover)