Alison Balsom shimmered on the red carpet at last night’s The Classical BRIT Awards - flying the flag for female trumpeters everywhere after being nominated for Best Female Artist, making history as the first English women to be put forward for the award.

Alison tells us how varied the trumpet is as an instrument and how excited she is to bring her music to a younger audience - an ambition shared by many of the guests at this year’s The Classical BRIT Awards.

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