Alison Balsom
English trumpet player
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Born 1978 · age 48United Kingdom
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Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, is a retired English trumpet soloist. She is an arranger, producer, and music educator. 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 a soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009 and finally in 2025. She was the artistic director of the 2019 Cheltenham Music Festival.
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- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Echo Klassik – Instrumentalist of the Year
- honorary doctor of the University of Leicester
- Classic Brit Awards
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