The trumpet star has announced that next month’s Last Night of the Proms will be her farewell performance.
Balsom, who is 46, has enjoyed a solo career for 24 years. The last piece she plays will be the Hummel concerto, saying she wants to spend more time with family.
She has a daughter with the film director Sam Mendes, whom she married in 2017, and a son from a former relationship with the London Philharmonic conductor Ed Gardner.
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