Maurice Andre, a onetime coal miner who left the pits as a boy and rose to become one of classical music’s most acclaimed trumpeters, an undisputed master of aural grace, died Feb. 25 at a hospital in ...

This episode does double duty: teaches you all about the trumpet and trumpet playing, while carrying out the secondary mission of Classical Classroom, i.e., the humiliation of the show's host. Trumpet ...

From elephant blasts to spiritual jazz, Wynton Marsalis’s concerto is a history of the world in trumpet form. As she prepares to give the UK premiere, Balsom describes the thrill of playing it When I ...

Classical music just found its next moment of magic as trumpet virtuoso, TBRASS, returns with Sagina, a stunning new release that redefines what it means to blend tradition with innovation. Following ...

Sometimes it seems as though there’s almost nothing Arturo Sandoval can’t do if he puts his mind to it. The Cuban expatriate, whose life story was the subject of the HBO film “For Love or Country: The ...

From the half-shell bandstand on the lip of Lake Eola or the fountain-affixed lobby of the Peabody Orlando, his trumpet roared and purred. For Benjamin Louis Smalley, mastery of the instrument was not ...

Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images. English trumpet player Alison Balsom, 34, accepted one of classical music's top awards for a musician, Gramaphone's Artist of the Year Award. The first British ...

Even without the fake tan, bare long legs and Alice Temperley sequined minidress which accentuated her shapely figure, Alison Balsom would always stand out in a crowd. The 30-year-old blonde possesses ...

Varieties of trumpet and mutes. Photo by Dacia Clay. This episode does double duty: teaches you all about the trumpet and trumpet playing, while carrying out the secondary mission of Classical ...

WASHINGTON - Maurice Andre, a onetime coal miner who left the pits as a boy and rose to become one of classical music’s most acclaimed trumpeters, an undisputed master of aural grace, died Feb. 25 at ...