Alison Balsom: Performing at the frontier

Lancefield on the Line

What does it take to perform at your best in critical moments?
It’s what differentiates the great from the good. Being at the top of your game requires years of courage, skill, and discipline. This is why some falter whilst others shine.
In this episode I am joined by the multi-award-winning trumpet soloist, Alison Balsom. She shares what it takes to get to, and sustain, the highest levels of performance. These are concepts and practises that leaders in all fields would do well to apply.
Alison talks about how she chooses the right repertoires to play and people to work with. She also discusses the importance of finding your own interpretation of a piece and what it’s like to perform with the conductors and musicians.
Music plays a huge role in all our lives, whether we know it or not.
This conversation is for anyone looking to perform at the highest of levels and pushing the frontiers of their craft.
“It’s certainly a high wire act” – Alison Balsom
You'll hear about:
● Alison's process for finding the right work
● How to know when the project is right for you
● Building relationships in orchestras
● What helps Alison to excel?
● How do you know you've impacted people?
● Alison's mindset minutes before taking the stage
● You are not better in rehearsal
● Has Alison had moments of self-doubt?
● How Alison nurtures and looks after herself
● The impact Alison wants to have on the world
About Alison Balsom:
Alison has performed as a solo trumpeter worldwide with many of the greatest conductors and orchestras of our time, including Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as The Balsom Ensemble, a handpicked group of leading Baroque soloists.
Balsom has commissioned much music, and had hundreds of works written for her, including by composers such as Betsy Jolas, Dobrinka Tabakova, James MacMillan, and Thea Musgrave.
She has been awarded an OBE for Services to Music, and has dedicated her career to broadening the artistic horizons of the trumpet.
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1. Alison Balsom: Performing at the frontier (00:00:00)

2. Alison's process for finding the right work (00:02:48)

3. How to know when the project is right for you (00:09:45)

4. Building relationships in orchestras (00:14:48)

5. What helps Alison to excel? (00:18:34)

6. How do you know you've impacted people? (00:21:17)

7. Alison's mindset minutes before taking the stage (00:22:50)

8. You are not better in rehearsal (00:26:20)

9. Has Alison had moments of self-doubt? (00:28:30)

10. How Alison nurtures and looks after herself (00:33:10)

11. The impact Alison wants to have on the world (00:36:43)