Sergei Nakariakov

Russian-Israeli virtuoso trumpeter, born May 10, 1977 in Gorky, Soviet Union (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). Nakariakov was dubbed "The Paganini of the trumpet" by the Finnish press after a performance at the Korsholm Festival when he was only 13 years old; and dubbed "Caruso of the Trumpet" in 1997 by Musik und Theater.