Sergei Nakariakov

Sergei Nakariakov has broken through more

than a few of the perceived boundaries framing the world of the trumpet

in classical music. Dubbed "The Paganini of the trumpet" by the Finnish

press after a performance at the Korsholm Festival when he was only 13

years old, and in 1997 "Caruso of the Trumpet" by Musik und Theater,

Sergei has developed a unique musical voice, which is, much more than a

vehicle for astonishing virtuosity. His repertoire includes not only the

entire range of original literature for the trumpet; but is continually

expanding into broader territories, including many fascinating

transcriptions, while he searches for ever new means of musical

expression. At the same time, he has single-handedly brought the

flügelhorn to prominence on the concert platform.

Born in Gorky in 1977, Sergei began to play the piano when he was six

years old, but moved on to the trumpet, after a spine injury in 1986

curtailed his piano studies. In the early years, his father tirelessly

sought various trumpet teachers, however Sergei pays tribute to the

technical and musical gifts he has learned from his father, Mikhail

Nakariakov, who has transcribed a large repertoire of classical

concertos for the trumpet - and with whom he studied daily from the very