Adriano Aponte was born in 1986 in Naples.
He studied classical guitar since the age of 6 but he abandoned soon. At the age of 10 he started classical piano lessons inspirated by his older brother; but his devotion faded away in about 2 years later. Then at the age of 14 he started studying keyboard and he reprised classical piano lessons and he changed a lot of teachers. He joined Five Sided Room in the late 2006.
He's influenced by classical musician such as Mozart and by heavy-metal sounds from Stratovarius and progressive sounds from Yes and Pink Floyd.