If Alison Balsom’s trumpet sounds like an elephant, don’t worry. Just this once, it is supposed to. The opening of Wynton Marsalis’s new Trumpet Concerto emulates nature’s noisiest ...

Alison Balsom is one of the best trumpet soloists of her generation, with a defiantly forward-looking musical philosophy. Alison practised on a trumpet belonging to her uncle, playing in both the ...

Alison Balsom is one of the best trumpet soloists of her generation, with a defiantly forward-looking musical philosophy. Alison practised on a trumpet belonging to her uncle, playing in both the ...