Dobri Hristov

Dobri Hristov (Bulgarian: Добри Христов; 14 December 1875 – 23 January 1941)[1] was one of the major Bulgarian composers of the 20th century.

Hristov was born in Varna, then in the Ottoman Empire.

He graduated from the Prague Conservatory in 1903 (under the directorship of the famous Czech composer Antonín Dvořák).

He returned to Bulgaria and helped with the development of Bulgarian music culture, using many Bulgarian folklore elements in his compositions.

He was conductor of The Seven Saints ensemble and choir in the church of the same name in Sofia, Bulgaria between 1911 and 1928.