Alison Balsom signs with Warner Classics

Trumpet player Alison Balsom has signed with Warner Classics. The new five-album deal will build on Balsom’s 20-year relationship with the label, and her existing catalogue of 15 albums with Warner Classics (including under its former name EMI Classics).

Balsom’s first album with the label will be released worldwide on 26 August. Taking its title from Aaron Copland’s 1939 work, Quiet City, this album will explore 20th century American music, looking at the confluence of classical and jazz styles in this era.

The album will also feature Balsom’s new version of Bernstein’s Lonely Town as well as Ives’ 1908 work, The Unanswered Question, for solo trumpet, flute quartet and strings.

Balsom studied trumpet at the Paris Conservatoire, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she is now an Honorary Fellow and Visiting Professor. Her career took off when she won the Brass Final of BBC Young Musician in 1998 and she has since received awards including Gramophone Artist of the Year, the Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Award, three Echo Klassik Awards and three Classic BRIT awards.

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