The internationally acclaimed Greek Canadian composer, Christos Hatzis, will be honored by Toronto’s Hellenic Heritage Foundation with the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014. The awarding ceremony will be held on June 6, 2014.
Hatzis was born in Volos, central Greece where he received his early music instruction. He started his career in Greece and soon managed to conquer the international music scene thanks to his genuine talent. His major work “Constantinople” was critically acclaimed and has classified him among the world’s leading composers. His latest work is an opera with libretto from the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood entitled “Pauline.” He is currently working as a professor at the Faculty of Music, in the University of Toronto.
Hatzis‘ music is inspired by early Christian spirituality, Pythagorean ideas, his own Byzantine music heritage, various cultures of the world and other non-classical music genres such as jazz and pop.
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