Alison Lambert

Alison studied at the Royal Northern College of Music before winning a scholarship to study with Professor Wolfgang Meyer at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany.

She enjoys a wide-ranging career in orchestral, chamber and solo performance.

She has appeared as Guest Principal Clarinet with BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Welsh National Opera and holds the position of Principal Clarinet of the English Symphony Orchestra and Longborough Festival Opera. In addition, she has performed with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and further afield as Principal Bass Clarinet of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.

As a soloist, Alison has performed with the Hallé Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Hillel Orchestra, Jerusalem and Collegium Musicum, Heidelberg. Broadcasts include a Radio 3 live performance of Magnus Lindberg’s Clarinet Quintet and orchestral appearances at the BBC Proms.

Alison is founder member of the Isbourne Trio, whose artistic mission is to diversify the repertoire for Clarinet, Soprano Voice and Piano. 

Alison has been Clarinet and Bass Clarinet tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama since 2003.