Christos Hatzis
Christos Hatzis
With two Juno awards, two 2017 current Juno nominations, several national and international awards and a slew of recent commissions by internationally recognized touring artists such as violinist Hilary Hahn, percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, the Winnipeg and Montreal Symphony Orchestras and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet among others, Christos Hatzis is widely recognized as “one of the most important composers writing today” (CBC) and "a contemporary Canadian master" (New Yorker.)
Hatzis is pioneering a distinct breed of 21st Century music which combines intellectual complexity, emotional/psychological directness and technical mastery of various media and musical idioms. His recent work focuses on native issues, geopolitical diversity, migration, environmental consciousness and human rights. Although technically challenging, Hatzis’s music has established a deep and direct connection with a growing number of musicians and listeners worldwide (his audio playlist has registered over 1,700,000 hits since 2008). Two of his recent large-scale works, SYN-PHONIA (Migration Patterns) and GOING HOME STAR: Truth and Reconciliation are indicative of Hatzis’s most recent musical thinking. GOING HOME STAR: Truth and Reconciliation a ballet score for Inuit throat signer Tanya Tagaq, the Northern Cree Singers and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, was commissioned by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet under the auspices of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
