Sergei Nakariakov

Sometimes regarded as a successor to Maurice André, trumpeter Sergei Nakariakov has been making recordings since his teenage years. He has often played concertos transcribed for the trumpet from originals for other instruments. His father (and teacher), trumpeter Mikhail Nakariakov, liked to make transcriptions of non-trumpet works for his instruments. The son would later play some of the father's transcriptions. A sister, Vera Nakariakova, became a pianist, and Sergei has appeared with her in chamber music recitals. Nakariakov issued his first album, featuring music by Ravel, Gershwin, Bernstein, and Glazunov, in 1992, when he was 15. In 2004, Nakariakov became the subject of a film, No More Wunderkind, and his recital album Widmung appeared in 2012. In 2022, he was one of several musicians heard on the album Evgueni Galperine: Theory of Becoming.