Kostas Hatzis

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Kostas Hatzis is regarded, undisputedly, as one of the best and, at the same time, most pioneer creators in the social song. He is the one who has substantially imposed the “voice-guitar” style, and for the first time he made ballads with social messages heard. He has formed, with his diachronic, 50-years’ presence, a school, and many generations of song-makers have followed his track and have accomplished important achievements in the Greek art-song of the following years. Kostas Hatzis was born in Livadia. His grand-father was a great popular clarinettist, and his father also played very well the dulcimer. Therefore, it didn't take Kostas long to follow his family’s steps. When he was sixteen years’ old, his father used to take him with him and he sang in weddings and christenings and in any other event, in which demotic, mainly, music was necessary. After a five-year itinerancy in the country, he came to Athens, where he was a stranger among strangers. Then, one of the most difficult and harsh periods of his life begins. It is the time when he tries to survive and to find his way. His effort entails terrible constrictions, bitterness and disappointment and soon he will realize that the path he has chosen is full of thorns and traps hidden in each step he makes. This results in him becoming one of the most representative artists of the Greek song. After 8 years full of bitterness and disappointment, he comes on the stage in the “Tipoukeitos” boite and one year latter in “

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