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Christos Hatzis

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With a large number of presentations of his music in Canada, USA, Europe, and elsewhere every year, a continuous stream of commissions by an international list of soloists and ensembles and several recording projects by major and independent labels, 2008 and 2006 Juno Award winner "Christos Hatzis is currently enjoying a growing international reputation as one of the most important composers writing today" (CBC Records). A professor of composition at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Christos Hatzis is the recipient of several national and international distinctions such as the Jean A. Chalmers National Music Award, the Prix Italia Special Prize, the Prix Bohemia Radio, the Jules Léger Prize for chamber music and the New Pioneer Award as well as three Juno Award nominations (2003, 2004,2006 and 2008) in addition to his 2006 and 2008 Juno Awards in the “Classical Composition of the Year” category. Compact disc recordings of his works are available on EMI Classics (UK), Sony Classical (Greece), Analekta, Naxos, Marquis, CBC and Centrediscs labels (Canada), Cherry Red Records (UK) and Consipio (Japan).
In the past few seasons, Hatzis’ compositions have been receiving international exposure through performances by touring soloists and ensembles committed to Hatzis' music. Premieres of his music from 2003 to 07 include venues such as The Royal Opera House at Convent Garden, St. Paul's Cathedral, The Barbican Center and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, UK, The Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Lively Arts Center in Palo Alto, CA, the Megaron in Athens, Greece, The Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, The Winspear Centre in Edmonton and the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto and important festivals the High Lights Festival in Montreal and the Luminato Festival in Toronto. He has held composer-in-residence positions in a number of music festivals, such as the Byzantine Festival in London (2004), the Scotia Festival of Music (1998 and 2007), the Winnipeg New Music Festival (2007) and the Festival of the Sound (2007) among others.
Hatzis' music is inspired by early Christian spirituality, his own Byzantine music heritage, world cultures and various non-classical music genres such as jazz, pop and world musics. He is an advocate of borderless culture and many of his most recent works bridge the gap between classical music and today’s popular music idioms, His compositions are structurally complex while sonically accessible. He has created several works inspired by the music of the Inuit, Canada's arctic inhabitants, and his Inuit-inspired works, particularly the award winning radio documentary Footprints in New Snow, have promoted Inuit culture around the globe. His strongest inspiration is his own religious faith, and his religious works have been hailed by critics and audiences alike as contemporary masterpieces. In addition to composing and teaching, Hatzis has written extensively about composition and contemporary music. His writings have been published on Interface, Organized Sound and Harmony, and are increasingly translated into other languages. Most of Hatzis' writings and other information about the composer are posted at www.hatzis.com .
Christos Hatzis’ music is published by Promethean Editions , based in Wellington, New Zealand.
Listen to a great recording of Christos Hatzis' "OLD PHOTOGRAPHS" for piano trio on the Gryphon Trio MySpace site at: http://www.myspace.com/gryphontrio
Listen to equally great recordings of two excerpts from Christos Hatzis' "PYRRICHEAN DANCES" for viola, percussion and string orchestra on the Beverley Johnston MySpace site at: http://www.myspace.com/beverleyjohnston
Watch a video of the multimedia music theatre production of "Constantinople" by the Gryphon Trio which is currently on a world tour.
Watch a video of the Jung Trio playing "Old Photographs" from "Constantinople"

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Member Since: 4/10/2007
Band Website: hatzis.com
Band Members: This is an "one-member band", although occasionally others join in for collaborative projects.

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Below is a list of the compact disc recordings comprising exclusively of Christos Hatzis' music. For more information on these and other recordings of his music and to order CDs online, go to www.hatzis.com and click on RECORDINGS.




Below is a slide show of the photos from the premiere performance of DISPLACEMENT, a multi-arts project based on the string quartets of Christos Hatzis




Below is a slide show of photos from the premiere performance of Christos Hatzis' CONSTANTINOPLE, a multimedia music theatre work commissioned and produced by the Gryphon Trio.




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Influences: "Everything and anything I hear: World music, Classical, Jazz, Pop. It doesn't matter what genre it is as long as it is inspiring. I believe in a borderless culture where human beings focus on the things that we all share in common and make sense of our world through the gift of music. My greatest influence is my faith in God and in my Master who gave up his life and what most of us hold precious in order to point the way to true happiness and contentment."
Sounds Like: Hatzis. Listen to the samples on this site and decide for yourselves.

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Record Label: EMI, CBC Records, Analekta, Centrediscs, Sony, etc
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Evelyn Glennie performs Christos Hatzis TONGUES OF FIRE

Dear friends and colleagues, As I am about to leave for Vancouver and Calgary I would like to inform you about a few upcoming events. The main event is four performances of my Tongues of Fire, a conc...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Thu, 22 May 2008 02:07:00 PST

FROM THE SONG OF SONGS streaming on CBC Radio 2

Just a quick announcement to tell you that my work FROM THE SONG OF SONGS commissioned and performed by the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir is available for listening on the CBC Radio ...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:04:00 PST

Hatzis CONSTANTINOPLE wins 2008 JUNO Award

Christos Hatzis’ multimedia music theatre work CONSTANTINOPLE won last night the 2008 JUNO AWARD in the Classical Composition of the Year category. Recorded and produced by the Gryphon Trio and ...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:39:00 PST

New opera by Christos Hatzis and Margaret Atwood

Dear friends,I am very happy to finally be able to tell you about this new project that will keep me creatively busy for the next two years. It is a chamber opera on a libretto by renowned Canadian au...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:24:00 PST

World premieres of "From the Song of Songs" and "Psalm 91"

  Hello everyone,   I would like to alert you to two upcoming world premiere performances of my music. Both are works which were composed during the past two months and I am very excited abo...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:54:00 PST

Two JUNO Award nominations for Christos Hatzis CD CONSTANTINOPLE

Toronto, February 5, 2008. It was announced this morning that Christos Hatzis' recording of his multimedia music theatre work CONSTANTINOPLE has been nominated for two JUNO AWARDS, one in the Classica...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:41:00 PST

Major works by Christos Hatzis on the international stage, January 2008.

Happy New Year everyone. There are some imminent performances of two of three of my larger works in the next few days and I would like to alert everyone. Please follow links below for venue and perfor...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:40:00 PST

The Troparion of Kassiani on MySpace

The THE TROPARION OF KASSIANI one of my best choral works to date has now been uploaded on my MySpace audio player. Listen to an excerpt with soprano Patricia Rozario and the English Chamber Choi...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:56:00 PST

New Hatzis tracks on MySpace

Two new tracks have been added to Christos Hatzis' MySpace audio player. The firt addition (track 2) is the third movement from Christos' FERTILITY RITES for five-octave marimba and tape. Commiss...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:09:00 PST

Some writings by Christos Hatzis

(for a complete list of writings and to download the essays listed below, go to www.hatzis.com and click on Writings.   RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY AND MUSIC Christos Hatzis: Music for God's Sake. 200...
Posted by Christos Hatzis on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:26:00 PST