Press
Reviews, photos from the stage and a biography for programmes. Photos to download are in the gallery.
“In his hands the trumpet speaks not only with Baroque grandeur, but with an incredible singing quality.”
“… a brace of breathtaking renditions of the Haydn ‘Trumpet Concerto’ by … Oles Burak (Ukraine). If you haven’t already heard of this player yet, believe me you will soon!”
“With his flawless trumpet playing, Oles Burak captivated the audience at the festive Christmas concert.”
“Many musicians are captivated by the Bachfest and rave about it — not least Oles Burak, solo trumpeter of the Thuringia Philharmonic.”
Oles Burak is Principal Trumpet of the Thuringia Philharmonic Gotha-Eisenach. He studied in Kyiv, with Prof. Klaus Bräker in Detmold and with Prof. Jürgen Ellensohn in Würzburg, and is a prizewinner of international competitions, including the Bertold Hummel Competition and the Juozas Pakalnis Competition in Vilnius. As a soloist he performs with organ, piano and orchestra, from the Baroque to the present day. Concerts have taken him to the Mozartfest Würzburg, the Bachfest Eisenach and Lithuania, among others. As a guest he plays with orchestras such as the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Weimar. He teaches at the Johann Sebastian Bach Music School in Eisenach and is a brass tutor with the Thuringia State Youth Orchestra.