Ex Silentio was founded in Greece in 2001 and is one of the few Early Music ensembles in Greece focusing on historical performance. Directed by the recorder and transverse flute player Dimitris Kountouras, the ensemble performed in international festivals such as Styriarte in Graz, Banchetto musicale in Vilnius, the Swedish festival Early Music in Trollhättan, the Via Medieval in Mainz, Alte Musik in St Ruprecht in Vienna, Marco Fodella in Milano, Mousike’ in Bari, the Festival of Athens, the Athens Megaron, the Early Music Festival in Nicosia in Cyprus, the Mozaik Project in Albania etc.
Collaborated with numerous artists such as the singer and improviser Savina Yannatou, the counter tenors Michael Chance and Nicholas Spanos, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Tobias Schlierf and the lyra virtuoso Sokratis Sinopoulos.
Ex Silentio focuses on Early Music from the Southern Europe and on modal traditions of the Mediterranean musical cultures. The ensemble released three CDs for the labels Carpe Diem “Mneme 2015”, Nefeli “Music of the Troubadours at the Kingdom of Thessalonica”, (Book/CD, 2017) and Talanton “Nell’ autunno di Bisanzio, 2010”.
Members of Ex Silentio are teaching at the international music community “Music Village” of Agios Lavrendis.
