Dimitris Kountouras specializes on early recorders and flutes and in the interpretation and history of music until the 18th century.
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, he began his musical training on the recorder and flute with G. Gourdier and I. Macovei. He studied recorder, traverso and Early Music at the Utrecht School of the Arts, in the Netherlands, with H. ter Schegget and W. Hazelzet graduating with a Second Phase performer’s diploma. On a Marco Fodella Scholarship he continued his studies on historical flutes at the Early Music Institute in Milan under M. Gatti and D. Bragetti. Furthermore he concluded his studies on the traverso at the Conservatoire of Vienna and he got a Masters on Medieval Music from the Musikhochschule of Trossingen studying under K. Boeke. He got a PhD on historical musicology from the Athens University and was a post-doc scholar for the Centre of Humanistic Studies (2016) for his original research project “Music and poetry of the Troubadours at the Latin Kingdom of Thessalonica after 1204”.
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“Musical themes and instruments in the world of Hieronymus Bosch, diving into 15th century arts and culture in the Low Countries”
“Ostium” is a selection of works from medieval, traditional and oriental sources featuring different ancient and modern flutes and recorders, drawing a rich tapestry of early flute sounds and melodies that inspired and formed later Euopean musical culture on many levels. Greek flutist Dimitris Kountouras performs these pieces together with his ensemble Ex Silentio.