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The “Paganini of the trumpet” Sergei Nakariakov is returning to Hong Kong after previous sold-out triumphs, this time joined on stage by celebrated Hungarian trumpet player Gábor Boldoczki! Together with Hong Kong Sinfonietta under the baton of Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing-sie, they will perform the Asian première of Fazıl Say’s Concerto for Two Trumpets dedicated to them. Hailed as one of the most brilliant minds in music today, Say instils his distinctive and compelling compositional voice into the virtuosic work, and explores the trumpet family’s wonderful tonal possibilities.

Sergei Nakariakov (Trumpet)

“Heavenly trumpet sound.”Die Welt

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

• A prodigy dubbed “the Paganini of the trumpet” (after a performance at only 13) and “Caruso of the trumpet” (Musik & Theater), he made his débuts at Salzburg Festival and Ivo Pogorelich Festival at age 14 and received the Prix Davidoff the following year at Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
• His remarkable discography of not only the trumpet repertoire but also transcriptions of violin, piano and cello masterpieces has garnered the highest praises including “R10 – Coup de foudre” (Classica-Répertoire), RTL d’Or
• A regular guest at the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals, and has collaborated with the top orchestras and conductors such as Ashkenazy, Bělohlávek, Eschenbach, Gergiev, Marriner, Temirkanov, etc

Gábor Boldoczki (Trumpet)

“Shining from within.”Weilburger Tageblatt

“He is a wonderful trumpet soloist with an unprecedented suppleness and a uniquely fluid legato, soft as butter.”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“Boldoczki amazed the audience. What sets him apart is his exact, finely varied and lightly tongued articulation. A soloist of this quality refines every piece of music.”
Salzburger Nachrichten / Die Presse

• Recipient of the“Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris”, Third International Maurice André Competition
• Has performed with well-known orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, Konzerthausorchestra Berlin, Czech Philharmonic and Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Fazıl Say (Composer)

• A brilliant pianist and prolific composer who regularly receives commissions from the world’s most prestigious festivals and groups including the Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals, Konzerthaus Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, Radio France, BBC, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, City of Bayreuth, etc.
• His compositions and their recordings have received critical acclaims and awards such as the ECHO Klassik special prize

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Featured artists:

Yip Wing-sie
(Music Director Emeritus)

Sergei Nakariakov
(Trumpet)

Gábor Boldoczki
(Trumpet)

Fazıl SAY
(Composer)