.Christo Christov (born in Sofia, Bulgaria) started his piano lessons at
the age of five, and flute at eleven. He graduated the Music School
in Sofia under the guidance of prof. Jordan Kindalov and the
National Music Academy in the class of associate prof. Venzislav
Kindalov with a Major in Flute Performance. In 1994 he continued
his education with a three-year master class with prof. Karl-Heinz
Zöller in the Academy of Arts in Berlin. He completed the flute class
of Benedek Csalog as a graduate of axtraordinary ability in the
Leipzig Music and Theatere Academy (2000), as well as his master
class (2002). He has attended courses with flutists like James
Galway, Patrick Gallois, Andras Adorian, Bartold Kuijken and a
number of others.
Christov is a First Prize winner of national and international
competitions: Targoviste 1981 and 1982, the Seventh National
Contest for Singers and Performes 1984, a Gold Medal winner in
Nord Korea 1989. He was also awarded the „Svetoslav Obretenov“
Special Prize - Provadia 1990.
The Flutist is know for a remarkable range of performing activities
with various orchestras and chamber formations in and out of the
country. As a soloist he took part in more than 400 concerts in
Bulgaria, Germany, Nord Korea, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republik
and many others. He has conducted flute and baroque flute courses
in Bulgaria and Germany. His repertoire covers music from the
Renaissance to the present days. Composers inspired by his
noteworthy virtuosity and artisticism have created works of music
especially for him.