Sergei Nakariakov No more Wunderkind (2004)

The Caruso of the trumpet critics say Caruso The Nakariakov of the tenor voice theyll say soon Portrait of the 27year old genius from Gorki Sergei Nakariakov trumpetist from Nizhny Novgorod living in Paris is a phenomenon He plays the trumpet with a unique virtuosity and at the same time leaves this virtuosity behind He doesnt play the trumpet he sings it He phrases like the great Bel Canto singers who aimed at the true legato The film presents the 27yearold musician at his best but it also shows the victim of a soviet child prodigy biography The mature Nakariakovs breathtaking virtuosity is contrasted with footage of the child whose lips are sore from practicing Is it true that Sergei was never a wunderkind as he claims in the interview