In the News
19 December 2006
Trumpeter Alison Balsom has been nominated for The Times/South Bank Breakthrough Award, part of The South Bank Show 2007 Awards taking place on January 23. The Breakthrough Award recognises the best of rising British talent. Together with The Times' critics, The South Bank Show have short listed one breakthrough nominee for each of the ten award categories. The winner will be chosen by a public vote organised through The Times, and announced on the day of the awards.
The Breakthrough Award was introduced in 2005 with the likes of Razorlight and James McAvoy nominated. The film director Amma Asante was voted the eventual winner and went on to scoop a BAFTA for her debut film, 'A Way of Life'. The 2006 awards saw a new crop of rising stars battling it out for the Breakthrough Award including the director Joe Wright and rapper M.I.A.. Billie Piper, riding on the back of her success in the new Doctor Who series, was crowned the winner on the day.
This year has already seen Alison scoop the Classic FM Listeners Award at the Gramophone Awards' ceremony, and the Best Young British Performer at the Classical Brits. Alison makes her New York debut in May 2007 and her latest EMI album, Caprice, continues to receive plaudits from the critics.