Bio

Hristo lives in London, England and plays regularly with Hillsong London, Shannon Saunders and El Libero. Hristo has played and toured in Europe, India, Africa.

Hristo was only five years old when he first picked up a pair of sticks, and by the age of nine he had become the regular drummer at his local church. In 2006, Hristo began his percussion studies at the Purcell School of Music and later went on to complete a BMus Honours degree at the Royal College of Music in London. Currently, Hristo leads the drum team at Hillsong London and is also a regular tour member and a musical director.

Hristo started performing while he was in his early teens, and has since worked with the likes of Labrinth, Andy Jordan, Brooke Fraser, Hillsong Live, Israel Houghton, Sir John Dankworth, Kari Jobe, Joel Houston, Shannon Saunders, MckNasty, Southbank Sinfonia and J Marie Cooper. As well as appearing on numerous radio and TV stations including BBC2, BBC4, UCB, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5, Hristo has performed at some of UK’s prime music venues such as the O2 Arena, Wembley Arena, Royal Albert Hall, Earls Court, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Westminster Abbey and Wigmore Hall to name but a few. Hristo has also travelled Europe extensively for various concerts and festivals including Eurosonic Festival, Motel Mozaique, HMV Next Big Thing, Frenzy Festival, London Jazz Festival, Ez Az A Nap Budapest Sportarena, Howl Festival, Skjærgårds Festival, Opwekking Holland, Big Church Day Out and many others.

Aside from performing, Hristo is also a qualified tutor as well as a group workshop facilitator. His classes specialise in various percussion disciplines, from drum kit and tuned percussion through to African Drumming and Brazilian Samba.