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Vilde Frang
Vilde Frang
classical violinist
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Mitsuko Uchida
Mitsuko Uchida
Japanese-British pianist
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Jules Buckley
Jules Buckley
English musician
3
Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès
British composer, pianist and conductor
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Sally Beamish
Sally Beamish
British composer and violist
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Joanna MacGregor
Joanna MacGregor
British musician
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Jacqueline du Pré
Jacqueline du Pré
British cellist
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Esther Yoo
Esther Yoo
violinist
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Gabriela Montero
Gabriela Montero
Venezuelan musician
9
Jan Lisiecki
Jan Lisiecki
Canadian pianist
10
Beatrice Rana
Beatrice Rana
Italian pianist
11
Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins
Welsh musician and composer
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Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang
Chinese pianist
13
Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor
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Stephen Bryant
Stephen Bryant
English violinist
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René Jacobs
René Jacobs
Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor
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Paavo Berglund
Paavo Berglund
Finnish conductor and violinist
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Natasha Marsh
Natasha Marsh
Welsh soprano
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Han-na Chang
Han-na Chang
South Korean musician
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Rachel Podger
Rachel Podger
British musician
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Mark Simpson
Mark Simpson
British composer and clarinettist
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Sarah Chang
Sarah Chang
violinist
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Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
British born, Italian naturalized conductor and pianist
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Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich
Argentine/Swiss pianist
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John McCabe
John McCabe
English composer and pianist
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Alfie Boe
Alfie Boe
English actor and singer
Alison Balsom
English trumpet player

Alison Balsom

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English trumpet player
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Awards Received
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
honorary doctor of the University of Leicester
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Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, OBE (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and three German Echo Awards, and was a soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009. She was the artistic director of the 2019 Cheltenham Music Festival.