Born in Hong Kong, Kristoffer To moved to England in 2004. He graduated from the University of York in 2012, and has stayed on for another year studying for an MA in Composition under Dr Thomas Simaku, kindly supported with funding from the Schools Competition Act Settlement Trust. 

Recent years saw premières of Another Life for Migration in Hong Kong Concert in 2017, performed by Yu-Fang Chen in China; In the Distance was performed at ISCM World Music Days in 2016 by Hojung Kim in South Korea; Trio for the Zodiac Music Academy & Festival (Artistic Director: Kliment Krylovskiy) in 2015; Gamma was performed by the Octandre Ensemble in London, UK in 2013.

Over the years, Kristoffer’s music has been performed by prestigious ensembles and musicians such as AMGA Ensemble (Hong Kong), Kreutzer Quartet (UK), Ricochet Ensemble (Ukraine), Berkeley Ensemble (UK), Octandre Ensemble (UK), Quatuor Diotima (France), James Whittle (UK) and Giacomo Pozzuto (UK). He had studied composition with Michael Jarrell, Alain Bancquart, Isabel Mundry, Igor Shcherbakov, Sviatoslav Krutykov, Nicola LeFanu, Michael Berkeley and Sally Beamish. Kristoffer's cello piece In the Distance has gained Diploma of Merit in the 16th Edition of the Tournoi International de Musique (Italy). Moreover he was also the Finalist of The Intimacy of Creativity 2014 and 2015 (Hong Kong). He has taken part in composition courses such as CoMA Mid-Winter, KLK New Music - Orient Occident Music Composers’ Forum in Ukraine, New Dots in London and the Berkeley workshop.

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