| Trumpet | Sergei Nakariakov * |
| Gábor Boldoczki ^ | |
| Piano | Colleen Lee (HKS Artist Associate 2010-2011) |
Programme
| Goedicke | Concert Etude in G Minor, Op 49 ^ |
| Jeanine Rueff | Sonatine for Trumpet & Piano * |
| Fauré | Trois Mélodies, Op 7: No 1 Après un Rêve ^ |
| Gaubert | Cantabile et Scherzetto ^ |
| Hahn | À Chloris * |
| Vivaldi | Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531 *^ |
| Böhme | La Napolitaine, Tarantella, Op 25 * |
| Hubay | Scène de la Csárda No 4, “Hejre Kati”, Op 32 ^ |
| Schumann | Fantasiestücke, Op 73 * |
| Stanley Friedman | Solus: IV Fanfare ^ |
| Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin: Lensky’s Aria * |
| Arban | Aria & Variations on Bellini’s Norma *^ |
Sergei Nakariakov (Trumpet)
“Sergei Nakariakov plays the trumpet the way the rest of us breathe – if we are lucky.” San Francisco Chronicle
“Sergei Nakariakov must be a fish, who breathes with his gills!” Münchner Merkur
- 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)
“He is a wonderful trumpet soloist with an unprecedented suppleness and a uniquely fluid legato, soft as butter.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Boldoczki is the most brilliant figure of the trumpet renaissance.” Tagesspiegel
“Svelte tone, lively flexibility, technically charming – Ultimately Gabor Boldoczki performed jumps, scales, trills and melodic lines one after another with virtuose agility.” Nordkurier
- Receipient of the“Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris”in the 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
Colleen Lee (Piano/HKS Artist Associate 2010-2011)
“Magnificent, heavenly touch…filled with poetic and profound emotion.” Il Giornale di Vicenza
- 6th Prize, International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition 2005
- Has performed extensively throughout Asia, Europe and North America in solo recitals and with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Galacia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra
- A featured artist at several international music festivals including the International Chopin Festival in Duszniki and Gdansk in Poland, Assisi International Piano Festival in Italy, Meissen Pianoforte Festival in Germany, International Keyboard Festival in New York, Bowdoin International Music Festival and Musicus Fest in Espoo, Finland
Featured artists:
Sergei Nakariakov
(Trumpet)
Gábor Boldoczki
(Trumpet)
Colleen Lee
(Piano / HKS Artist Associate 2010-2011)
