Takes its name from the ancient Greek word Enodia - a meeting point, a path in between, a place of passage and connection. This idea lies at the core of the ensemble's identity: music as a space where different worlds converge - composition and improvisation, tradition and contemporary expression, sound and silence.
In Five Rings, this convergence is explored through the philosophy of Miyamoto Musashi.
Here, the world is understood through five elemental states:
Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Void.
Rather than approaching these as fixed ideas, they are treated as shifting conditions - spaces of transformation where sound emerges, evolves and dissolves.
Improvisation becomes the medium through which these states are explored, unfolding as a continuous passage from the grounded presence of Earth to the openness of Void.
Dellaportas is a clarinetist and educator born in Corfu with extensive performance experience. He holds degrees in Instrumentation, Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue. He earned a clarinet diploma under I. Koufalis and continued his studies in England with D. Campbell. He holds a Master's degree in clarinet from the Ionian University and is a graduade of the "Hellenic Culture" program at the Open University. He has been a member of the Orchestra of Colors, the Tal Quintet and the Music Ensemble of the Greek Composers Union. He is currently a member of the Philharmonic of the City of Athens. He teaches clarinet at the Athenaeum Conservatory and the Municipal Conservatory of Patras.
Born in Athens Greece. His first musical influences came from his family, especially from his uncle Alexander Vassiliades, distinguished drummer of the 70' Greek jazz scene. Studied orchestral percussion instruments in the Greek national conservatory with professors Savvas Zannas and Christos Liatsos. At the same time had private lessons in jazz drumming with George Trandalides and attended seminars with John Engels,Bruno Castelucci and Stephan Galland in Belgium . Later he studied jazz drumming with Master drummer Jeff Williams in London, for a period of four years. Mostly focused in contemporary jazz music and free improvisation is a founding member of Full Circle, Take the Money and Run, Schema Ensemble and Erectus trio , producing the following discography: Full Circle ( Timeless Visions ), Take the Money And Run (How The Story Goes, Aged 15 Years, Christmas songs, Revolution songs ), Erectus Trio ( Live at Pop Horn ). He has also recorded with Occasional Dream and Tania Ginnouli Ensemble (Transcendence ).
A. Koumenteris studied guitar with E. Boudounis, advanced music theory with D. Diamantopoulos and composition with M. Travlos. He holds a PhD in Composition from the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University, on “Presentation of Composers of Spectral Music and Composition of works with direct references to Spectral Music”. He has conducted postdoctoral research at the Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music Research & Applications [ERIMEE], focusing thematically on the relationship between composer and digital technology with emphasis on the processes of analysis/synthesis between natural and digital sound. He is a member of the Greek Composers Union (SSM). His compositional work includes works for instrumental music (for solo instruments, chamber music ensembles, works for orchestra) and mixed works through the use of digital technology. One of his interests is music programming and the creation of mixed works for simultaneous collaboration of musicians and music programming. He is also a graduate of the Law School of the University of Athens.