The Konstantin Kostov Trio is an intriguing jazz formation founded by jazz musician Konstantin Kostov.

Konstantin Kostov is a talented pianist working in the field of modern jazz, where he elegantly blends jazz language with elements of folklore. Another important direction in his work is the reinterpretation of classical pieces through the expressive means of jazz. He began studying piano at the age of five at a music school under Petar Karagenov, and by the age of eleven he was already a soloist with the Vratsa Philharmonic Orchestra.

Between 1993 and 1998, he continued his education at the Panayot Pipkov Secondary School of Music in Pleven (today the National School of Arts), studying piano with Eleonora Karamisheva. It was there that his love for composition and improvisation was born. He composed music for various chamber ensembles and for string orchestra with soloists, some of which has been recorded and released. Kostov chose the path of jazz and in 1998 was admitted to the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia, where he studied jazz piano with Prof. Yulia Tsenova.

He is actively engaged in composition and improvisation and continued his studies at the Munich Academy of Music as a student of one of the titans of jazz piano, Prof. Leonid Chizhik.

Konstantin Kostov has performed on numerous international stages and jazz festivals, including Regensburg Jazz Festival, Munich Jazz Festival, Jazz Segawerk, and Steinway Jazz Festival. He has collaborated with musicians such as Peter O’Mara, Guido Mayr, Klaus Reichstaller, Johannes Faber, and others.

He is a faculty member at the University of Music and Theatre in Munich. Kostov is also a laureate of the jazz music prize at the Terem Crossover Competition in Saint Petersburg. He has performed on major stages such as the Dmitri Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall in Saint Petersburg, the Small Hall of the Moscow Composers’ House, and the Irkutsk Concert Hall. He has given joint concerts in Russia with Daniil Kramer, Anatoly Kroll, Igor Butman, and Anna Valyulina. Since 2007, Kostov has been a frequent guest at festivals in Japan, including Sapporo Jazz Festival, Takatsuki Jazz Street, Tokushima Jazz Festival, Blue Note Nagoya, Kyoto Jazz RAG, and Yokohama Jazz Festival, and has performed in various jazz clubs across Japan.

From 2011 to the present, he has been actively engaged in intensive concert activity in Poland, collaborating with well-known artists such as Agnieszka Hekert, Paweł Panta, Dominik Wania, and others. He has appeared at festivals in Warsaw, Kraków, Lublin, Szczecin, Gdańsk, Opole, Kudowa, Nowy Sącz, Katowice, and more. Alongside his concert activity, he also leads jazz piano workshops at various schools and academies.

In 2024, he was awarded the Crystal Lyre prize for jazz.

For the project Music for a While, the trio features musicians Hristo Yotsov and Dimitar Karamfilov.

Hristo Yotsov is one of the leading and most creative jazz musicians in Bulgaria—a drummer, composer, and educator who has dedicated more than four decades to the development of Bulgarian jazz. He has shared the stage with renowned jazz artists such as Simeon Shterev, Milcho Leviev, Yıldız İbrahimova, Teodosii Spassov, Tommy Smith, Andy Schofield, Adam Pieronczyk, Eric Pro, Steve Hamilton, Tim Garland, Alexia, Reggie Workman, Benny Maupin, Steve Slagle, Tom Harrell, and many others.

A laureate of prestigious European awards and a professor at the National Academy of Music “Pancho Vladigerov,” he is the author of music and arrangements for jazz ensembles, big bands, symphonic works, as well as film and theatre music.

Dimitar Karamfilov is a prominent Bulgarian jazz double bassist and composer whose musical journey began in early childhood. A graduate of the National Academy of Music “Pancho Vladigerov,” he is a regular participant in leading jazz festivals in Bulgaria and collaborates with some of the most prominent figures in Bulgarian jazz, including Milcho Leviev and Teodosiy Spassov. He has made recordings for Bulgarian National Radio and Bulgarian National Television, both of his own music and as a performer in various projects. In 2007, he took part in composing and recording the music for the final production by Neshka Robeva, “Refugees”.