Christos Hatzis is a Juno Award-winning Greek-Canadian composer.
11 Facts About Christos Hatzis
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Christos Hatzis immigrated to Canada in 1982 and became a Canadian citizen in 1985.
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Christos Hatzis composed music related to Christian spirituality, particularly his Byzantine heritage, and the Canadian Inuit culture.
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Christos Hatzis won the Jules Leger Prize for New Chamber Music in 1996.
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In 1998, Hatzis received the Jean A Chalmers National Music Award.
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Christos Hatzis won two Juno Awards in 2006, including Best Classical Composition for String Quartet No I, which was recorded by the St Lawrence String Quartet.
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Christos Hatzis won another Juno in 2008 for his work Constantinople; it combined music and visual media and is musically eclectic, featuring jazz, classical, and eastern elements.
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Christos Hatzis's projects include a commission from violinist Hilary Hahn, a piece for bass clarinet, string orchestra and audio playback commissioned by Jeff Reilly, and a new work based on poems by Elizabeth Bishop, commissioned by soprano Suzie Leblanc and Symphony Nova Scotia.
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Christos Hatzis composed a piece for the CBC as part of a multinational Millenium Project.
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Christos Hatzis composed the score for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet production Going Home Star; the two-CD recording by the Winnipeg Symphony won a Juno Award in 2017.
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Christos Hatzis is a member of the Canadian Music Centre.