The International Women’s Brass Conference was established to provide opportunities to support and inspire women brass instrumentalists pursuing professional careers in music. It was founded by some ...

Trumpeter Alison Balsom joins early music specialists Trevor Pinnock and Pinnock’s Players in bright arrangements of Baroque concertos, in this week’s Feature Album on ABC Classic. The program ...

In a spectacular fusion of Baroque trumpet playing and theatre, Alison Balsom shares the inspiration behind her unique project, Gabriel, performed in Shakespeare's Globe - and even treats us to a ...

As the creative ferment of 21st-century performances of baroque music rises, the huge output of prolific composers like Handel, Vivaldi, and Purcell emerges as musical territory ripe for new ...

Alison Balsom talks about her new Baroque trumpet album Royal Fireworks. Plus the prize winning music producer who had to write and record a song in 45 minutes. Show more Alison Balsom, Britain's ...

As a child of nine, Alison Balsom heard first a tape of Dizzy Gillespie and then later a recording of the Swedish trumpeting phenomenon Hakan Hardenberger. She knew from then on that the trumpet was ...

Alison Balsom earned her current reputation as the world’s top classical trumpet player with half a dozen outstanding recordings and several years of celebrated performances with major orchestras ...

The virtuoso trumpeter on her new album of baroque music Alison Balsom's new album, Royal Fireworks, is a collection of baroque works performed on natural trumpet. For the latest Gramophone podcast ...

In the last 20 years the early music scene brought to attention a number of virtuosos who achieved the popularity once reserved for players specializing in 19th and early 20th Century repertory. One ...

The trumpeter's new album is jam-packed full of triumphant music by Purcell and Handel, perfect for celebrating Classic FM's 20th birthday - and other causes for celebration What music would you play ...

Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...