Alison Balsom latest features

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Alison Balsom, Lang Lang, Nicola Benedetti, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Abel Selaocoe and Ludovico Einaudi

Lang Lang and Ludovico Einaudi among Best Classical Artist nominees at the Global Awards 2023

Global Awards

Alison Balsom is an award-winning trumpet soloist

‘To diminish music in education is a really big mistake’ – star trumpeter Alison Balsom

Alison Balsom reveals her Top 5 Trumpet Concertos of all time

Star trumpeter Alison Balsom reveals the top five trumpet concertos of all time

Classic FM Live with Viking at the Royal Albert Hall

Classic FM Live 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall: a royal celebration in pictures

Events

Classic FM Live with Viking at the Royal Albert Hall

Classic FM Live with Viking 2022: a celebration of music for royalty at the Royal Albert Hall

Events

Trumpeter Alison Balsom takes part in landmark Covid-19 study for musicians

Covid study with trumpeter Alison Balsom reveals brass-playing is safer than talking

Simon Rattle urges government to reduce 3-metre brass rule

Rattle urges government to ‘avoid superstition’ with orchestras, reduce 3-metre woodwind distancing

Simon Rattle

Leading musicians pen an open letter to Boris Johnson urging support for freelancers

Leading musicians pen open letter to Boris Johnson urging support for freelancers

Coronavirus

Alison Balsom introduces the natural trumpet

What is a baroque or ‘natural’ trumpet – and how do you play it?

Alison Balsom

‘Taking away music education is an incredibly dangerous thing’ says top trumpeter Alison Balsom

Best classical music

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

Discover Music

Best symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Florence Price

The 15 greatest symphonies of all time

Discover Music

4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

Discover Music

A young Marin Alsop, Sir Simon Rattle, and Seiji Ozawa conduct their respective orchestras.

The 25 greatest conductors of all time

Discover Music

Hildegard von Bingen, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Edward Elgar among the greatest composers in classical music history.

The 30 greatest classical music composers of all time

Latest on Classic FM

‘The News Agents’ wins Best Podcast Show at The Global Player Awards 2025

‘The News Agents’ wins Best Podcast Show at The Global Player Awards 2025

Classic FM Live with Viking returns to the Royal Albert Hall in April 2026!

Get your tickets to Classic FM Live with Viking at the Royal Albert Hall in April 2026!

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Conch shells

Archaeologists discover 6,000-year-old musical shells which are as loud as a lawnmower

Michael Bublé gets Pope to sing along at Vatican concert

Pope Leo asks Michael Bublé to sing spontaneous Schubert ‘Ave Maria’ at the Vatican

Royal Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet

RSC plans to scrap its in-house musicians amid workforce changes

Classic FM’s Rising Stars with Julian Lloyd Webber

Watch Classic FM’s Rising Stars with Julian Lloyd Webber exclusively on Sky Arts

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The most sinister lyrics you never noticed in Christmas carols

The most sinister lyrics you never noticed in Christmas carols

Christmas

See a screening of ‘Home Alone’ with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall

10 Christmas musical experiences you cannot miss

Christmas

Soloist forced to travel with ‘naked’ 1782 violin as airline refuses her boarding with case

Soloist forced to travel with ‘naked’ 1782 violin as airline refuses her boarding with case
Study finds monkeys can tap to beat of human music after metronome training

Monkeys can tap to beat of human music after metronome training, study finds