Artist description A versatile violinist of the European Music Scene: Kristofer Vio adds his own unique touch to many areas of music, from Classical, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Pop to Techno. His romantic compositions and his sensitive playing of the violin, inspire the listener to dream again.

Music Style Instrumental/Violin

Musical Influences Zbigniew Seifert, JL Ponty, Stefan Grappelli, Nigel Kennedy

Artist History Kristofer Vio was born on 1.1.1958 in Stettin, Poland. At the age of four he had his first violin lesson. After finishing High School, Kristofer Vio studied at the Conservatory in Stettin graduating in "Classical Violin" in 1978. At the age of 16 Kristofer Vio started to be interested in Jazz. This led him to creating of several Jazz Bands. With these groups he participated successfully in several Jazz Festivals. (1978 in Breslau, where he won first place in the instrumental category, 1980 at the "Traditional Jazz Festival" in Warsaw: prize for the best band). At this time Kristofer Vio became also known in the Polish music scene as Pop Musician and Composer. In 1986 Kristofer Vio moved to St. Peter-Ording in Germany, where he started to cooperate with the Folkmusic group "Bernstein Trios". With Kristofer Vio's composition of "De Fiedler" the Bernstein Trio reached the final round of the "Grand Prix of Folkmusic 1991". Since 1993 Kristofer Vio has been living in Hamburg/Germany, where his reputation has grown due to his original compositions and his versatile and flexible violin playing. Kristofer Vio's extraordinary talent has become more widely known through TV and radio appearances, tours through Europe as well as his own CD productions.

Group Members Kristofer Vio (Composition, Arrangement and Violin);Luki Goldschmidt (Production)

Albums Quo Vadis (1991), Secret World (1996), Rossini Arie (1998), Kristofer Vio - Der Geiger (2000)

Additional Info Live Music with a Personal Touch

Location Hamburg, N/A - Germany

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