The famous trumpet player Sergei Nakariakov returns to Bucharest and is about to evolve tomorrow, June 4th, 2025, as a soloist on the Radio Hall stage. The musician will perform Concerto No. 4 KV 495 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in an arrangement for flugelhorn and orchestra. The programme proposed by the Radio Room Orchestra is completed with the overture Coriolan OP. 62 from Ludwig van Beethoven's creation and the 6th Symphony in C major by Franz Schubert. Christian Schumann will do the conducting. Sergei Nakariakov has agreed to an interview with our colleague, Adriana Ene-Iliescu:

You will be performing Concerto No. 4 for horn and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on the Radio Hall stage. The first and third parts of the concert are full of cheerfulness and vitality, and the composer even included suggestions for the hunting atmosphere, while the middle part, the lyrical one, invites us to contemplate. What is your perspective on this work, and what do you think the flugelhorn brings to the musical speech proposed by Mozart?

It is one of the most remarkable works written for the French horn. Back when it was written, it was considered a work of virtue. I won't perform it on the French horn, but on the flugelhorn - an instrument with a different sonority, even if it is part of the same category of brass instruments. It will be the same piece, with the same exact notes, in the same register, but performed on a different instrument, sung by another voice, you could say… It's as if I were to paint the same painting but with other brushes, or something like that. The flugelhorn brings a different colour to the musical speech. But at the end of the day, it's not just about the instrument, but about the musician - in this case, myself. It will be my own interpretation, therefore, to the music, I bring myself.

I believe that the entire concert is wonderful, and I am very pleased to perform it. It won't be the first time I perform it. I can't wait to play it in Bucharest!

You are one of the most famous trumpet players in the whole world, and at the same time, someone who opens new doors when it comes to the flugelhorn in musical life. You have created multiple arrangements for this instrument and worked closely with many contemporary composers. What do you think are the particularities of this instrument are?

In comparison with the trumpet, the flugelhorn has a sweeter and softer sonority, in a way similar to that of the French horn or the trombone. My flugelhorn is of a bigger size than a normal one. The standard one has 3 buttons, while mine has 4, which results in a larger scope in the lower register. This particularity makes it possible to perform new works written for the French horn, among others.

You have recently been to Bucharest for the Frequenza Festival, of which you are a co-founder and artistic director. For this first edition, you stepped on the stage together with other famous artists. What impressions do you have of the festival?

I enjoyed four amazing days! I had an incredible team of artists who joined us on the stage. Maria Meerovitch and I are very happy that we managed to put together this first edition of the festival. And I think it was a success! I was left with a very pleasant feeling at the end of it.

What do you think about the reunion with the Bucharest public, and what message do you have for them?

I can't wait.

I would like to invite everyone to our concert, which will take place in the Radio Hall, and I hope that they will enjoy it very much!