to concentrate on performing and recording. Honours and awards Balsom was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music. She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the University of Leicester (2015) and Anglia Ruskin University, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Personal life She has a son with the English conductor Edward Gardner. In 2017, she married film director Sir Sam Mendes. Their daughter was born later that year. Discography Music for Trumpet and Organ (EMI Classics Debut, 2002) The Fam'd Italian Masters (Hyperion, 2003) - With Crispian Steele-Perkins Bach works for Trumpet (EMI Classics, 2005) Caprice (EMI Classics, 2006) Haydn and Hummel Trumpet Concertos (EMI Classics, 2008) Italian Concertos (EMI Classics, 2010) Haydn and Hummel concertos / Albinoni's Oboe Concerto Op. 9 No. 2, transcribed for trumpet / Vivaldi's Violin Concerto Op. 3 No. 9, arranged for trumpet and instrumental trio (BBC Music Magazine, 2010) Seraph: Trumpet Concertos by Arutiunian, MacMillan, and Zimmerman (EMI Classics, 2012) Alison Balsom (EMI Classics, 2012) Sound the Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel, also marketed as; Kings & Queens (EMI Classics, 2012), and Sound the Trumpet-Gabriel Edition (Warner Classics, 2013) Paris (Warner Classics, 2014) Légende (Warner Classics, 2016) Jubilo (Warner Classics, 2016) - Christmas Album including Fasch, Bach, Torelli and Corelli concerti Royal Fireworks (Warner Classics, 2019) Magic Trumpet (Warner Classics, 2020) Quiet City (Warner Classics, 2022) Awards Artist of the Year, Gramophone Classical Music Awards, 2013 Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Award, 2014 Best Female Artist, Classical BRIT Awards, 2009, 2011 Classic FM Listeners' Choice Award, Classic FM Gramophone Award 2006 Young British Performer, Classical BRIT Awards, 2006 Feeling Musique Prize for quality of sound in the 4th Maurice André International Trumpet Competition Concerto finalist in the BBC Young Musicians Competition, 1998 Equipment Trumpet: Schilke models E3L E-flat/D trumpet, E3L-4 E-flat trumpet, G1L G/F trumpet, P7-4 B-flat/A piccolo trumpet, S22CHD C trumpet; mouthpiece: Schilke 6A4a. References External links Alison Balsom recordings on Warner Classics The trumpeter shaking up the classical music world – BBC interview Brits 2006 homepage Libertango at the 2009 Proms 1978 births 21st-century trumpeters Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Conservatoire de Paris alumni BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Brit Award winners EMI Classics and Virgin Classics artists