Performing

 

   

6daEXIt Improvisation Ensemble

The improvisation classes I held in the Music Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki during the years 2005-09 were the basis for the foundation of 6daEXIt Improvisation Ensemble. Since its foundation in 2007, 6daEXIt is developed in one of the most important independent  improvisation and experimental music groups in Greece, with dozens of live performances and weekly meetings in Thessaloniki. 6daEXIt group plays free improvisation as well as verbal and graphic scores. We have presented scores by Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Carl Bergstrom-Nielsen, Michael Pisaro, Makoto Nomura, Liliana Rodriguez Alvarado, Vassilis Chatzimakris, Samuel Vriezen, Daniel Barbiero, myself and many others.

Check our activities here.

6daEXIt performing Variations I by John Cage, together with Drosia Triantaki (movement)

 
6daEXIt performing Meeting Point by Karlheinz Stockhausen 

6daEXIt performing a free improvisation session during their 10-years anniversary concert in 2018

6daEXIt performing Alchemy (2016)  by Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen
 
6daEXIt performing their f_RAM_e together with Drosia Triantaki (movement)

6daEXIt Free Improvisation live in Pikap/Thessaloniki

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WHI ensemble

The improvisation and experimental music workshops I held at Nakas Conservatory Athens during the years 2015-17 were the basis for the foundation of ensemble WHI from me and 4 musicians. Since its foundation in 2017 WHI developed in an active improvisation group with performances of graphic and verbal scores and regular meetings in Athens. Check our activities here.

WHI ensemble performing 'From the Danish seasons' (1999) by Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen

WHI ensemble performing 'December 52' (1952) by Earle Brown.

WHI ensemble performing AxB-a piano duet/duel by Dmitri Papavasileiou (2024)

WHI ensemble performing 'Four Rules' (2013) by Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen.

WHI ensemble performing 'Two Way' (2024) by Niki Krasaki.

WHI ensemble performing 'Three Individual Notes' (2009) by Henrik E. Rasmussen.
 
WHI ensemble performing 'Frameworks' (2002) by Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen.
 
 
WHI ensemble performing 'Connecting the dots' (2021) by Dmitri Papavasiliou
 
WHI ensemble performing some pages from Treatise by Cornelius Cardew
 

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Sound Pool is an experimental project curated by Alexis Porfiriadis. 

Sound Pools IV onward: 7 or 8 invited musicians - two 30-minute sessions - no preparation and no arrangements prior to the performance - anyone can leave and visit the stage anytime. 
 
Sound Pools I to III: A large number of musicians (17 to 19) are invited to improvise in duos, trios, quartets and quintets. All combinations are being selected using chance operations just before the concert. This means that it can be that musicians who never played together before, will have to improvise in a group and find ways to communicate. It also can be that the 'instrumentation' of the group could be a 'difficult' one. The idea is to observe the decisions players will make in order to make an interesting session.

Sound Pool VI

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Collaborations

I am an active member of the improvisation scene in Athens, organising and participating  several improvisation concerts and festivals.
 
Stefanos Chytiris, George Kokkinaris, Alexis Porfiriadis, Joe Tornabene and Savina Yannatou live in KET Athens

Anastasakis, Bergstroem-Nielsen, Kokkinaris, Polychronopoulos, Porfiriadis live at Π6 Space/Athens

Kyriazopoulos - Porfiriadis live in Chimeres Space Athens


Porfiriadis - Kordelis - Psaradakis live in Chimeres Space Athens


Porfiriadis - Chytiris - Kokkinaris live in Beton Athens


Porfiriadis Solo in Chimeres Space Athens


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WORKSHOPS
Since 2007 I convened a number of improvisation and experimental music workshops in academic and non-academic contexts in Greece and Cyprus. From 2014 to 2017 my improvisation and experimental music workshop was part of the workshop program of the Nakas Conservatory Athens. The members of the 2014-16 class presented some of the most demanding verbal and graphic scores like Edges by Christian Wolff, But what about the noise by John Cage, Paragraph 6 from the Great Learning by Cornelius Cardew in a concert in Nakas Conservatory Athens.

 

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Non-active past projects

Seul à 3 
Between 2009 and 2010 I was a member of the improvisation trio Seul à 3, together with Natasa Mare Moumtzidou and Danae Stefanou.


Seul à 3 improvisation trio (Danae Stefanou, Natassa Mare Moumtzidou, Alexis Porfiriadis)
live in Thessaloniki, Mikro Theatro, 08.05.2009


Klangbilder
Between 2004 and 2010 I collaborated  with the austrian painter Manfred Url. We created the live music/painting improvisation project 'Klangbilder', which was presented in Austria, Greece and Serbia.

 

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