“Sergei Nakariakov plays the trumpet the way the rest of us breathe – if we are lucky.” - San Francisco Chronicle

Sergei Nakariakov, the israeli-russian trumpet player, has established himself as one of the most thought-after trumpet players on the international stage. Gifted with a rare combination of stunning virtuosity, a suave and velvet-toned sound and a deep sensitivity he was named as “The Paganini of the trumpet” and “Caruso of the trumpet”.

Nakariakov’s season is marked by a series of high-profile concerts. In addition to the world premiere of Fazil Say’s concerto for two trumpets, Nakariakov will present his artistic diversity with concerts in Europe, South Korea, Hong Kong, Argentina, Brazil and Japan.

The program will include the trumpet concerto by Fazil Say as well as Jörg Widmann’s concerto “ad absurdum” and Haydn C-Major Cello concerto arr. for fluegelhorn as well as Rococo Variations by P.I. Tchaikovsky in the arrangement for flugelhorn.

Nakariakov’s repertoire covers not only the entire range of original literature for trumpet, but is continually expanding into broader territories, comprising many fascinating transcriptions and commissions by Peter Ruzicka, Mikhail Pletnev, Uri Brener, Enjott Schneider, Fazil Say and Jörg Widmann.

“In SergeiNakariakovWidmannfound a soloist to whom he could write an almost unplayable solo part.” Online Music Magazin

Nakariakov performs with many of the world’s most respected conductors including Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Spivakov, Saulius Sondeckis, Christoph Eschenbach, Yuri Temirkanov, Jiří Bělohlávek, Jaap van Zweden, Ton Koopman, Yuri Bashmet, Sir Neville Marriner, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Mikhail Pletnev, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Kent Nagano, Vladimir Ashkenazy. Furthermore, he regularly collaborates with many of the world’s leading musicians like Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Emmanuel Pahud, Vadim Repin, Julian Rachlin, Dmitri Sitkovetsky for chamber music projects. With the pianist Maria Meerovitch and his sister, Vera Okhotnikova, he combines a long musical-friendly collaboration.

Sergei Nakariakov’s discography with Teldec Classics International (Warner) has drawn the most enthusiastic public and critical acclaim. With Luiza Records Nakariakov founded his label and released the double CD “Methamorphosis“ with chamber music and orchestral works by Widmann, Schumann and Fauré. The upcoming project is a dedication to the flugelhorn with arrangement of Mozart and Beethoven.

Nakariakov is an exclusive artist at AR Ressonance with his trumpet. He plays the flugelhorn by Antoine Courtois, Paris.

Photo credit: Thierry Cohen