Theo Abazis was born on July 15, 1967 in Athens, Greece.
He studied piano and music theory at the Athens National Conservatory of Music. In 1987 he came to The Netherlands and studied composition and orchestral conducting at the Conservatory of Music in Utrecht. He completed his composition studies in 1993 with a large orchestral work and a multi-media spectacle with the title “Medea”.
From 1993 to 1995 he studied at the Musikhochschule in Bern, Switzerland with Dimitri Terzakis.
In 1991 he won the prize from the Onassis Foundation, and with a three-year scholarship he was able to continue his studies with Tristan Keuris.
In October 1993 the ballet “Anathema” was premiered by the Stuttgarter Staatsballet (choreography: R. De Oliveira); the same company performed “Orfeas” in 1995. The Basho Ensemble regularly performs “Kavafis”. “Algos” for violin and orchestra was selected for performance during the annual Young Composers Project of the Netherlands Ballet Orchestra in 1997.