Alison Balsom performs a wide range of recital and concerto repertoire, from Albinoni to Zimmermann. She performs on both modern and natural trumpets.

Whilst represented by the Young Artists Concert Trust, Alison caught the ear of EMI Classics, who released her debut CD in 2002 and have recently released her CD of Bach works for trumpet. Her next CD will be released later this year.

A trumpet concerto by Joby Talbot, whose recent commissions include his Proms debut and music for the Disney Film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, commissioned for Alison by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Turku Philharmonic and Munich Chamber orchestras, will be premiered later this year.

Alison is currently a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, under whose auspices she has already given concerts at the Wigmore Hall, and with all of the BBC orchestras, including the BBC Symphony and Sir Andrew Davis, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Recent performances have included her debut with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, IRIS Chamber Orchestras and the Orchestre National de Belgique with Mikko Franck as well as recitals at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, The Tower of London and in Dortmund, Germany. Future highlights include performances with Athens Camerata, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Cincinnati Symphony and SWR Freiburg.

Alison studied trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music, the Paris Conservatoire, and with Håkan Hardenberger. She was a concerto finalist in the BBC Young Musicians Competition in 1998 and received the Feeling Musique Prize for quality of sound in the 4th Maurice André International Trumpet Competition. She has recently been appointed Visiting Professor of the trumpet to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was named best Young British Performer at the Classical Brit Awards this year.