Ivaylo Hristov

Edition Elm founder and manager Mr. Ivaylo Hristov plays trombone with Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra Sofia, Classic FM Radio Orchestra and Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra – SIF 309 in Sofia.

He studied both conducting and trombone in the Music Academy in Sofia during 1980s. Founder of Sofia Philharmonic Trombones quartet in 1987, and AKWI trombone quartet in 1996, he also performs with Sofia brass quintet and other diverse groups. For these ensembles he has made many transcriptions and arrangements, choosing known music out of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Léo Delibes, Johann Strauß Sohn, Claude, Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Giacomo Puccini, Scott Joplin, Isaac, Albèniz, Paul Dukas, Manuel de Falla, Béla Bartók, George Gershwin, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Robert Aldridge among others – works that do not exist otherwise in brass player's repertoire.

Arrangements for trombone ensembles by Ivaylo Hristov were also published by Kagarice Brass Editions, now part of Ensemble Publications' catalogue.

He is also the editor-in-chief of all titles in the Edition Elm catalog, including the works for solo piano and piano duo by Pantcho Vladigueroff, the String Quartet by Milcho Leviev, the books The Rungs to the Temple by Dimitrina Tabakova and Essays by Stefan Lazarov.

Ivaylo Hristov is also the co-author of the film about Vladigueroff, created on archival materials stored at the Pancho Vladigerov House Museum in Sofia, which is included in the 2019 CD In Bright Colors.