Vitaly Nazarov is a graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory. He was a laureate in Moscow’s 1998 Oboe and Chamber Ensemble Competition, and the 2000 International Festival of Young Soloists, receiving a grant from the 2000 All-Russian Open New Names Competition. In 2000 he became one of the youngest ever laureates of the All-Russian Competition of Wind and Percussion Instruments. Vitaly Nazarov enjoys an active solo career and has performed widely in Russia and abroad. He has been a soloist with the Russian National Orchestra, the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, the Ermitazh Chamber Orchestra, and the Musica Viva Academic Chamber Orchestra. Since 2001 he has been a soloist with the contemporary music ensemble New Music Studio and in 2009 participated in Gidon Kremer’s Chamber Music Festival at Lokenhaus. In August 2005 he was awarded the European Foundation for Culture prize in Wiesbaden. He joined the Russian National Orchestra in 2003 and in the same year  founded the RNO Camerata. He is also a member of the National Orchestra Wind Quintet.