Tomislav Baynov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1958. From the age of four, he received piano instruction from his grandparents – his grandmother being the pianist Liliana Baynov – and at the age of six, he won first prize at a national music competition in Plovdiv.

After graduating from high school, he studied piano under Professor Konstantin Ganevin at the Sofia Music Academy, while also studying composition. In 1981, he moved to Germany, where he completed his studies at the Trossingen University of Music, passing his final examination and obtaining a concert diploma in 1991 under the tutelage of the highly capable Professor Johan de Beek.

Baynov is a laureate of several international competitions. He holds a teaching position in Trossingen and conducts numerous masterclasses throughout Germany. He has performed as a soloist, in chamber music ensembles, and with orchestras on all five continents.

In 1989, he founded the "Baynov Piano Ensemble," focusing on rare works for multiple pianos. Here, Baynov also found an outlet for his activities as a composer. In addition to his own compositions, including "H-Ais-F-E ? Meditation" for three pianos, bells, and tam-tam, he has also undertaken arrangements such as Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess for two to six pianos, Dinicu/Wladigeroff's Hora staccato, and Bach's Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor.

Concurrently, he dedicates his energy to creating works for multiple pianists playing together. These include arrangements of Shchedrin's Humoresque, Strauss's Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, and Rapsodie Vardar, as well as his own six-hand piece Metrorhythma I. This work, with its irregular 15/8 time signature, evokes his native Bulgaria for both performers and listeners. His compositions and other arrangements have been recorded on CD by the "Baynov Piano Ensemble."