Hristo Petkov

Christo Petkov (b. 1954) graduated the High Engineering Institute (today The Technical University) in Sofia in 1979. He received his music education under the guidance of his father, conductor Dobrin Petkov. In 1967 he began composing, arranging and performing songs working with pop music bands like Factor, Sprint, Jaguar etc. In 1987 he received Honourable Mentions from the MCSF in Nashville, USA for the songs “More Than a Hundred of Enmities” and “Pain”. In 1989 his song “Gramophone Record” won the special prize of the Bulgarian National Television. In 1992 he founded the Electroacoustic Music Ensemble and started composing for it. He also arranged classical works for ensemble of electronic and acoustic instruments. In 1996 the video clip made after the piece Accident won the first prize at the Golden Antenna International Festival and also the Festival prize of the international festival Central European Initiative held in Budapest. In 2018 he won the Second Prize in The “7/8” contest with “Shepherds suite” for kaval and symphonic orchestra.