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A graduate of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, Todor Popstoyanov’s professional career began at the age of 21 when he joined the Spanish Royal Opera House at the invitation of Maestro Lorin Maazel. He has collaborated with orchestras from the US, Europe and Asia, including the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Komische Oper Berlin, Barcelona Symphony, New World Symphony and the Malaysian Philharmonic, and with conductors including Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel and Jaap van Zweden. He is also an avid chamber musician and solo performer having won prizes including the Yamaha Performing Artists Competition, the International Horn Society Competition, the Barry Tuckwell Scholarship and the Bramhall Concerto Competition.

A native of Bulgaria, Todor began playing the piano at the age of five and the horn at the age of nine. His most influential teachers have been his mother, Kurt Snyder and Jerome Ashby of the New York Philharmonic. He joined the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in 2016.

托多爾畢業於蔻蒂斯音樂學院，21歲獲馬捷爾之邀加入西班牙皇家歌劇院。曾參與美國、歐洲及亞洲多個樂團的演出，包括費城室樂團、柏林德意志歌劇院、巴塞隆拿交響樂團、新世界交響樂團、馬來西亞愛樂；並與梅達、艾遜巴赫、格吉耶夫、馬捷爾、梵志登等指揮家合作。他熱衷於室樂及獨奏，曾於Yamaha演奏大賽、國際圓號協會大賽、Bramhall協奏曲大賽等贏得獎項，並獲頒塔克威爾獎學金。

生於保加利亞，托多爾五歲起學習鋼琴，九歲起學習圓號。對他影響深遠的恩師包括其母親、紐約愛樂的斯奈德及阿什比。他在2016年加入香港管弦樂團。