His career has been published in the International Who’s Who in Music and his music has been identified as "... a new sound beyond the age of jazz and fusion ... transfers you to the imaginative world of ‘cosmic’ jazz".

1996: he returns to Athens, releases his personal album "MYTHOPLASIA" with Thomas Muller, Yiorgos Fakanas and Nickos Kapilidis and presents his music in jazz festivals and concerts. 

1997- : he teaches guitar and the Fusion Ensembles at the Art Music School.  

2000: he forms the Lefteris Christofis Trio with Nikos Touliatos on drums and Vangelis Kontopoulos on double bass.

2001- : he proposes and organises the educational programme of the Athens Music Hall “Centre of Ensembles & Improvisation” in the Municipality of Chaidariou, in Athens and as artistic director gets sponsorship from European Community to record and release an album with his students' ensembles.                                      

2002: he performs with "the seven time Grammy Award winner"  drummer Paul Wertico at the Petras International Festival.

2003: Paul Wertico co-produces and records  in Lefteris' third personal album  “NOUS ICONS“.

2005: "NOUS ICONS" is released by Blue Note Records-EMI

2005: he gives concerts with the Lefteris Christofis Group featuring Jeff Berlin on bass, Barbara Unger on keyboards and Paul Wertico on drums.  

2006: he collaborates with the saxophonist Chico Freeman as orchestrator and participates as guitarist in the project "one olympics" of the Magnetic Poets which is presenting in the Winter Olympics Games in Torino.

Lefteris, Jeff and Paul continue their collaboration with the formation of their new group OTHER PHRASES.