Vignettes, for violin and marimba, was composed intermittently between the time of the total eclipse in August 2017 and New Year's Eve of the same year. It is Hatzis' response to a request by violinist Marc Djokic and his life-partner, percussionist Beverley Johnston, for a concert they planned to share together in May 2018.
Born in Greece, educated in the United States and a Canadian citizen since 1985, composer Christos Hatzis (b.1953) is becoming widely known as a leading figure in contemporary classical music. His works are performed and broadcast throughout the world, and their frequent combination of a powerful spiritual foundation with an immediately accessible appeal has made a deep emotional impact upon audiences and performers alike.
