Alison Balsom
English trumpet player · United Kingdom · Actors · Born 1978 · age 47
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Something wrong?Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, is a retired English trumpet soloist. She is an arranger, producer, and music educator.
A life in dates
Topowa! Never Give UpFilm2016Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward2012Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the YearAward1978Born7 October 1978Photos 2
In their own words 3
, You have to let music take you over, put ego aside, be a clean conductor - in the electrical sense.
When I tell people I’m a trumpet soloist, there are three kinds of response I usually get: “Wow, what a great job!”, “Isn’t that unusual for a woman?” And “That’s jazz, right?
I believe the emergence and explosion of jazz in the last century is one of the pinnacles of human achievement.
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SpotifyFilmography 1
TUTopowa! Never Give UpAwards
In their orbit
Spouse: Sam MendesIn common with Alison
Tan DunBoth received Classic Brit Awards
Emmanuel PahudBoth received Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the Year
Leif Ove AndsnesBoth received Classic Brit Awards
Isabelle FaustBoth received Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the Year
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of AsthalBoth received honorary doctor of the University of LeicesterActors from the United Kingdom 1
About this person
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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