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==Biography==
==Biography==


Hatzis was born in [[Volos]], [[Greece]] and received his early music instruction at the Volos branch of the [[Hellenic Conservatory]]. He continued his musical studies in the United States, first at the Eastman School of Music (B.M 1976 and M.M 1977) and later at the [[State University of New York]] (SUNY) at Buffalo (Ph.D. 1982). He immigrated to Canada in 1982 and became a [[Canadians|Canadian]] citizen in 1985. Hailed as "one of the most important composers in Canada" ([[International Musician]]), he is now an internationally renowned composer, being the recipient of awards such as [[Jean A. Chalmers National Music Award]] (1998),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.on.ca/Page500.aspx|title=Winners of the 1998 Chalmers Awards Are Announced and Joan Chalmers Gives Away Extra Million|publisher=|accessdate=11 December 2016}}</ref> (Governor General) [[Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music]] (1996)<ref name=CanEnc>{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Robin|title=The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=2011|publisher=Historica Canada|location=Toronto|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hatzis-christos-emc/|accessdate=18 February 2015|chapter=Christos Hatzis}}</ref> and two [[Juno Awards]] in 2006.<ref>[http://www.music.utoronto.ca/faculty/faculty_members/faculty_a_to_m/Christos_Hatzis.htm University of Toronto] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130073317/http://www.music.utoronto.ca/faculty/faculty_members/faculty_a_to_m/Christos_Hatzis.htm |date=30 November 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.librarybound.com/2006_winners.pdf Juno Awards 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221711/http://www.librarybound.com/2006_winners.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> and 2008<ref>[https://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=1970&to-year=2018&nomination-category=&wins-only=no&artist=Christos+Hatzis "Christ Hatzis" ]. Juno Awards website</ref>
Hatzis was born in [[Volos]], [[Greece]] and received his early music instruction at the Volos branch of the [[Hellenic Conservatory]]. He continued his musical studies in the United States, first at the Eastman School of Music (B.M 1976 and M.M 1977) and later at the [[State University of New York]] (SUNY) at Buffalo (Ph.D. 1982). He immigrated to Canada in 1982 and became a [[Canadians|Canadian]] citizen in 1985. Hailed as "one of the most important composers in Canada" ([[International Musician]]), he is now an internationally renowned composer, being the recipient of awards such as [[Jean A. Chalmers National Music Award]] (1998),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.on.ca/Page500.aspx|title=Winners of the 1998 Chalmers Awards Are Announced and Joan Chalmers Gives Away Extra Million|publisher=|accessdate=11 December 2016}}</ref> (Governor General) [[Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music]] (1996).<ref name=CanEnc>{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Robin|title=The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=2011|publisher=Historica Canada|location=Toronto|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hatzis-christos-emc/|accessdate=18 February 2015|chapter=Christos Hatzis}}</ref> He won two [[Juno Awards]] in 2006, including Best Classical Composition for ''String Quartet No. I (The Awakening)'', which was recorded by the St. Lawrence String Quartet.<ref>{{cite book|title=Words & Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ms04AQAAIAAJ|volume=13, issue 2|year=2006|publisher=Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada|page=9}}</ref><ref>[http://www.librarybound.com/2006_winners.pdf Juno Awards 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221711/http://www.librarybound.com/2006_winners.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> and 2008<ref>[https://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=1970&to-year=2018&nomination-category=&wins-only=no&artist=Christos+Hatzis "Christ Hatzis" ]. Juno Awards website</ref>


His work ''Constantinople'' was critically acclaimed and has been performed internationally. It combined music and visual media and is musically eclectic, featuring jazz, classical, and eastern elements. Performed at sold-out halls at Banff and Toronto during the summer and fall of 2004, it has been described as "A multimedia feast of the imagination...a work unlike any other in the Canadian musical literature" (''Toronto Star'') and "a stunning theatrical triumph" (''Calgary Herald'').<ref>[http://cityoperavancouver.com/pauline/christos-hatzis City Opera Vancouver] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213032232/http://cityoperavancouver.com/pauline/christos-hatzis |date=13 December 2009 }}</ref>
His work ''Constantinople'' was critically acclaimed and has been performed internationally. It combined music and visual media and is musically eclectic, featuring jazz, classical, and eastern elements. Performed at sold-out halls at Banff and Toronto during the summer and fall of 2004, it has been described as "A multimedia feast of the imagination...a work unlike any other in the Canadian musical literature" (''Toronto Star'') and "a stunning theatrical triumph" (''Calgary Herald'').<ref>[http://cityoperavancouver.com/pauline/christos-hatzis City Opera Vancouver] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213032232/http://cityoperavancouver.com/pauline/christos-hatzis |date=13 December 2009 }}</ref>
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Hatzis' music is inspired by Christian spirituality, particularly his Byzantine heritage, and the Canadian [[Inuit]] culture. In addition to composing and teaching, Hatzis has written extensively about composition and contemporary music.
Hatzis' music is inspired by Christian spirituality, particularly his Byzantine heritage, and the Canadian [[Inuit]] culture. In addition to composing and teaching, Hatzis has written extensively about composition and contemporary music.


His projects include a commission from violinist [[Hillary 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. On November 12, 2010, Hatzis' piece ''Credo'' was performed by [[George Dalaras]], a popular Greek singer, and CityMusic Cleveland Orchestra in [[Avery Fisher Hall]] in New York.
His projects include a commission from violinist [[Hillary 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. On November 12, 2010, Hatzis' piece ''Credo'' was performed by [[George Dalaras]], a popular Greek singer, and CityMusic Cleveland Orchestra in [[Avery Fisher Hall]] in New York. He also composed a piece for the CBC as part of a multinational Millenium Project.<ref name="DiamondHoefnagels2012">{{cite book|author1=Beverley Diamond|author2=Anna Hoefnagels|title=Aboriginal Music in Contemporary: Echoes and Exchanges|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXitq2AfZXoC&pg=PA232|date=24 February 2012|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-3951-8|page=232}}</ref>


His composition teachers include [[Morton Feldman]], [[Lejaren Hiller]], [[Wlodzimierz Kotonski]], [[Samuel Adler (composer)|Samuel Adler]], [[Russell Peck]], [[Joseph Schwantner]] and [[Warren Benson]].
His composition teachers include [[Morton Feldman]], [[Lejaren Hiller]], [[Wlodzimierz Kotonski]], [[Samuel Adler (composer)|Samuel Adler]], [[Russell Peck]], [[Joseph Schwantner]] and [[Warren Benson]].
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*Fertility Rites (1997) - Commissioned by [[Beverley Johnston]]
*Fertility Rites (1997) - Commissioned by [[Beverley Johnston]]
*Tetragrammaton (1995) - Commissioned by [[Anne-Marie Donovan]]
*Tetragrammaton (1995) - Commissioned by [[Anne-Marie Donovan]]
*String Quartet No. 1 (The Awakening) (1994) - Commissioned by the [[Smith Quartet]]
*String Quartet No. 1 (The Awakening) (1994) - Commissioned by the [[Smith Quartet]]<ref name="Bamberger2013">{{cite book|author=W. C. Bamberger|title=Of Fret Rattle & Underwater Skylabs: Essays on Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTf0AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA87|date=4 March 2013|publisher=Wildside Press LLC|isbn=978-1-4344-4695-4|page=87}}</ref>
*Of Threads and Labyrinths (1994) - Commissioned by [[Soundstreams]] Canada for [[Lawrence Cherney]] and [[Erica Goodman]]
*Of Threads and Labyrinths (1994) - Commissioned by [[Soundstreams]] Canada for [[Lawrence Cherney]] and [[Erica Goodman]]
*From the Vanishing Gardens of Eden (1992) - Commissioned by [[CBC Radio]]
*From the Vanishing Gardens of Eden (1992) - Commissioned by [[CBC Radio]]
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*Viderunt Omnes (1998)
*Viderunt Omnes (1998)
*Footprints in New Snow (1996)<ref name="Jakobsson2009">{{cite book|author=Sverrir Jakobsson|title=Images of the North: Histories, Identities, Ideas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j92J2Daujb8C&pg=PA66|year=2009|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-2528-X|page=66}}</ref>
*Footprints in New Snow (1996)
*The Idea of Canada (1992)
*The Idea of Canada (1992)
*The Temptation of St. Anthony (1987)
*The Temptation of St. Anthony (1987)

Revision as of 01:27, 31 August 2018

Christos Hatzis
Born (1953-03-21) 21 March 1953 (age 71)
Volos, Greece
Occupation(s)Composer
Spouse(s)Beverley Johnston
Websitehttp://hatzis.com

Christos Hatzis (Greek: Χρήστος Χατζής; born 1953) is a Greek-Canadian composer who is currently a professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.

Biography

Hatzis was born in Volos, Greece and received his early music instruction at the Volos branch of the Hellenic Conservatory. He continued his musical studies in the United States, first at the Eastman School of Music (B.M 1976 and M.M 1977) and later at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo (Ph.D. 1982). He immigrated to Canada in 1982 and became a Canadian citizen in 1985. Hailed as "one of the most important composers in Canada" (International Musician), he is now an internationally renowned composer, being the recipient of awards such as Jean A. Chalmers National Music Award (1998),[1] (Governor General) Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music (1996).[2] He won two Juno Awards in 2006, including Best Classical Composition for String Quartet No. I (The Awakening), which was recorded by the St. Lawrence String Quartet.[3][4] and 2008[5]

His work Constantinople was critically acclaimed and has been performed internationally. It combined music and visual media and is musically eclectic, featuring jazz, classical, and eastern elements. Performed at sold-out halls at Banff and Toronto during the summer and fall of 2004, it has been described as "A multimedia feast of the imagination...a work unlike any other in the Canadian musical literature" (Toronto Star) and "a stunning theatrical triumph" (Calgary Herald).[6]

Hatzis' music is inspired by Christian spirituality, particularly his Byzantine heritage, and the Canadian Inuit culture. In addition to composing and teaching, Hatzis has written extensively about composition and contemporary music.

His projects include a commission from violinist Hillary 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. On November 12, 2010, Hatzis' piece Credo was performed by George Dalaras, a popular Greek singer, and CityMusic Cleveland Orchestra in Avery Fisher Hall in New York. He also composed a piece for the CBC as part of a multinational Millenium Project.[7]

His composition teachers include Morton Feldman, Lejaren Hiller, Wlodzimierz Kotonski, Samuel Adler, Russell Peck, Joseph Schwantner and Warren Benson.

He is a member of the Canadian Music Centre.[8]

His works are published by Promethean Editions.

Compositions

Orchestra

  • Credo (2010)
  • Redemption: Book 1 (2009)
  • Mirage? (2009)
  • Tongues of Fire (2007)
  • Rebirth (2006)
  • Telluric Dances (2005)
  • Christos Anesti (2004)
  • Sepulcher of Life (2004)
  • K 627: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F Major in the Spirit of W. A. Mozart (2003)
  • Light from the Cross (2002)
  • Pyrrichean Dances (2001)
  • From the Book of Job (2001)
  • Farewell to Bach (1998)
  • Confessional (1997)
  • Zeitgeist, (1996)
  • Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra (1993)
  • The Gouldberg Variations, 1992
  • Mortiferum Fel, (1985–1990)
  • Omen, (1985)

Choral

  • Mysterion Xenon (2012)
  • Psalm 91 (2008)
  • From the Song of Songs (2008)
  • WATER (2008)
  • Easter Kontakion (2007)
  • Wormwood (2005)
  • Four Rituals for Percussion Quintet, Choir and Audience (2004)
  • The Troparion of Kassiani (2004)
  • Sepulcher of Life (2004)
  • LIGHT (Arctic Dreams 2) (2003)
  • Everlasting Light (1999)
  • De Angelis (1999)
  • Kyrie (1997)
  • Heirmos (1994)

Chamber

  • Symbol of Faith (2009)
  • Coming To (2009) - For Hillary Hahn
  • Dystopia (2009) - For Hillary Hahn
  • Anaktoria (1990 rev. 2009)
  • Arabesque (2009)
  • Afterthoughts 2 (2007)
  • Lazy Afternoons by the Lake (2007)
  • Mystical Visitations (2006)
  • Through a Glass Darkly (2005)
  • Cruel Elegance (2004) - For the St. Lawrence Quartet
  • Four Rituals for Percussion Quintet, Choir and Audience (2004) - For NEXUS
  • Parlor Music (2004) - For Beverley Johnston and the Amici Trio
  • Afterthoughts 1 (2002)
  • Constantinople (2000) - For the Gryphon Trio
  • String Quartet No. 2 (The Gathering) (1999) - For the St. Lawrence Quartet
  • Melisma (1995) - Commissioned by Jean-Guy Boisvert
  • Three Songs on poems by Sappho (1993)
  • Burial Ground (In Memoriam: Chari Polatos) (1993) - Commissioned by the Fifth Species woodwind quintet
  • Erotikos Logos (1991)
  • Stylus (1990) - Commissioned by Peter Hannan, Douglas Perry and Joseph Petric
  • On Cerebral Dominance (1987)
  • Arcana (1983) - Commissioned by Arraymusic

Mixed media

Radiophonic

  • Viderunt Omnes (1998)
  • Footprints in New Snow (1996)[10]
  • The Idea of Canada (1992)
  • The Temptation of St. Anthony (1987)

References

  1. ^ "Winners of the 1998 Chalmers Awards Are Announced and Joan Chalmers Gives Away Extra Million". Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ Elliott, Robin (2011). "Christos Hatzis". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto: Historica Canada. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ^ Words & Music. Vol. 13, issue 2. Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada. 2006. p. 9.
  4. ^ Juno Awards 2006 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Christ Hatzis" . Juno Awards website
  6. ^ City Opera Vancouver Archived 13 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Beverley Diamond; Anna Hoefnagels (24 February 2012). Aboriginal Music in Contemporary: Echoes and Exchanges. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-7735-3951-8.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ W. C. Bamberger (4 March 2013). Of Fret Rattle & Underwater Skylabs: Essays on Music and Musicians. Wildside Press LLC. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4344-4695-4.
  10. ^ Sverrir Jakobsson (2009). Images of the North: Histories, Identities, Ideas. Rodopi. p. 66. ISBN 90-420-2528-X.
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