Winner of the Female Artist of the Year Brit Award 2009, Alison Balsom make the trumpet more attractive than ever before. Her jazzy interpretation of a Gershwin song on the Last Night of the Proms in September won me over, showing that she's potentially as versatile as Nigel Kennedy.
Crossover often gets a bad name, but I see nothing wrong in reinterpreting Vivaldi violin and oboe concertos (her new album of Italian baroque concertos should be out before Christmas). She's a cool 'trumpetress', who even includes Dizzy's Tin Tin Deo on YouTube as part of her inspiration:
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