BBW Interview: Ian Bousfield

Christopher Thomas interviews Ian Bousfield, international trombone soloist and former Principal Trombone of the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Symphony and Hallé orchestras, and a band currently celebrating its 80th anniversary – ‘Yorkshire Imps’

As a former Principal Trombone of the Hallè, London Symphony and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras, Ian Bousfield is a legend amongst orchestral trombonists and a man firmly rooted in the brass band tradition, having cut his teeth with the Yorkshire Imperial Band from the tender age of 14. Now enjoying a multi-tiered musical career as soloist, teacher, conductor and clinician, arguably Yorkshire Imperial Band’s most prolific alumni managed to find a gap in his hectic schedule to talk about his glittering career and memories of those days playing in brass bands.    

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