FEATURE | Christophe Byl: The Mozart of the Pyromusical
This passion retuned with a vengeance during a holiday in Malta in the early 90s. It was also in Malta he first saw how shells were made. Once back in Belgium, he contacted a Belgian display company and offered them his services and expertise, but the company wasn’t a good fit for him for a number of reasons. After several trips to Valencia and Malta, however, he decided to begin his own display company. In1995, after two more weeks in Malta and the
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tutelage of his “fireworks godfather,” Charly Briffa, he began CBF Pyrotechnics (CBF being the initials for Christophe Byl Fireworks). http://www.cbfpyro.be Since then (and this is no exaggeration) he has had an astounding career of competitive wins. If there was ever anyone better suited to creating pyromusicals, I’d be surprised. I’ve never seen
anything more technically creative or precise. In essence, he’s the European Phil Grucci. Perhaps that is why he has now been recognized and proclaimed as the “cultural ambassador” for his hometown of Geraardsbergen.