Alison Balsom

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Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1978-10-07

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Listeners

42,714

Total plays

271,505

Alison Balsom (born 1978, Hertfordshire) is an English trumpet soloist. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Paris Conservatory, and also with Håkan Hardenberger. She is a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and she released her debut album with EMI Classics in 2002. In 2005, she released her second disc, "Bach Works for Trumpet" as part of a new exclusive contract with EMI Classics. In 2006, Alison won 'Young British <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alison+Balsom">

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity

   · 2003 · cited 17,611x

2. Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults

   · 1998 · cited 15,224x

3. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,999x

4. The Sequence of the Human Genome

   · 2001 · cited 10,207x

5. School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence

   · 2004 · cited 8,384x

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Quotes

• “You have to let music take you over, put ego aside, be a clean conductor – in the electrical sense.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Alison

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Royston

Spouse

Sam Mendes

Occupation

trumpeter

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Classic Brit Awards

Genre

classical music

Instrument

trumpet

Record label

Warner Classics

Official website

www.alisonbalsom.com

Image

Alison Balsom recording at Abbey Road, London 2013.jpg

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