From Henry Purcell to Joseph Haydn, here are some of the best pieces of music ever written for the trumpet. The trumpet is one of our oldest instruments, dating back over 500 years, when it was used ...

Internationally-acclaimed trumpeter Alison Balsom joins Frances Fyfield to study the manuscript of Johann Hummel's famous, and famously challenging, Trumpet Concerto. Show more Johann Hummel was a ...

The Tucson Symphony Orchestra will perform the American premiere of a new work by one of Mexico’s most prominent composers. This weekend’s performances, featuring Venezuela-born trumpeter Pacho Flores ...

Swedish trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger takes us on a tour of the French school of brass in his new album with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Featuring concertos by Henri Tomasi, ...

The versatile Australian composer Andrew Batterham wrote this Trumpet Concerto for David Elton, who plays Principal Trumpet with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He ...

The celebrated French trumpeter Maurice André loved to claim that the lung power required to play the trumpet as he did was sufficient to inflate a lorry tyre! The fragrant Alison Balsom looks too ...

Stacy Blair, who lost nearly all his sight at birth, played for his guide dog Guthrie in 1998. He was a soloist with orchestras in several cities, including Dallas. Stacy Blair was never able to see ...

MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. Why commission a new work for orchestra? Paul Grangaard had many reasons for ...

Classical trumpeter Alison Balsom is to retire from performing after one final concert at the Last Night Of The Proms. The musician, who is married to Skyfall director Sir Sam Mendes, confirmed this ...

Graham Taylor grew up in Irvine, California, where he began studying trumpet with Bill Perkins at the age of 11. By 14, Mr. Taylor was studying with David Washburn, principal trumpet of the LA Opera ...