Sergei Nakariakov plays the trumpet the way the rest of us breathe – if we are lucky.” (San Francisco Chronicle) The israeli-russian trumpet player, has established himself as one of the most sought-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 “The Paganini of the trumpet” and “Caruso of the trumpet”. Nakariakov’s coming season is marked by a series of high profile concerts and tours. He begins in Japan at the Le Pont International Music Festival followed by concerts with Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer and Mirga Grazinytė-Tyla. Nakariakov embarks four times for Hamburg with four totally different programs showing his artistic variety from Haydn’s trumpet concerto to Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Strings and Trumpet and the impressive piece “ad absurdum” composed by Jörg Widmann. Further engagements contain a tour with Cappella Gabetta and a summer-tour with Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Other notable appearances include concerts in Moscow, New York, St. Petersburg, Cologne, Luzern, Lahti and more. 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, Uri Brener, Enjott Schneider and Jörg Widmann, while he searches for ever new means of musical expression.