About Denis Bouriakov
Born 1981. Denis Bouriakov is a Ukrainian musician, classical flautist and flautist.
Denis Viktorovich Bouriakov (; born 25 October 1981, in Simferopol, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a Russian flautist. He is currently principal flutist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Biography Bouriakov was born in Simferopol, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Crimea). He started his musical career in a choir in Simferopol, but soon decided to switch to woodwind instruments, settling on the flute after originally intending to play the oboe. From the age of 10 he studied flute at the Moscow Central Special Music School.
In 2000 he moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music with William Bennett. He explained some of the motivations for joining that orchestra in a 2017 interview:
There is a 1996 documentary by Nikolay Milovidov about Denis Buryakov, Finding of color. Denis Bouriakov.
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Who is Denis Bouriakov?
Russian musician
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Denis Bouriakov was born on 25 October 1981 in Simferopol.
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Denis Bouriakov is a musician, classical flautist and flautist.
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Denis Bouriakov is Ukrainian.
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