Athy

Athy (real name Adrián Atilio Matteucci, also known as Athy, The Electric Harper) is a Argentinian musician, playing the electric harp and Celtic harp, and composer. He was born in Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires, on (1984-02-28)February 28, 1984. On music composed and performed by Athy, we can see of several musical influences, he defines his music as the "crossroads of genders", offering a fusion of different musical styles such as romantic, flamenco, blues, Celtic and Arabic. The Argentine demonstrated great sensitivity in its presentations, which delights his audience. He played in many theaters and cultural centers in Argentina: Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural Borges, La Casona del Teatro, La Casa del Poeta, Velma Café, etc.. In 2007, Athy is invited to the program Instrumentos, issued by Canal (a) Argentina, a program devoted to the harp in which he spoke about the Irish harp. The same year Athy is invited to the program dedicated to women Cosmopolitan Calendar 2007 in which he played Lágrimas en la Oscuridad, a work of his creation. He further has been modeling for a while. It was in 2007 that the second disc of Athy was born: Sabour a Tiershra about this production, the Folk Harp Journal, praises him for his musical qualities, mentions him as a "very talented and innovative harpist". The musician contributes to the revival of the instrument, he reinvents the history of the harp in Argentina with his original music. It will not be content merely to renew the music but also the image of the harpist. The musician stands apart from the aesthetic stereotypes traditionally assigned to harpists, and adopts an air of enfant terrible, transgressor, irreverent and neo-romantic, some a little "freak". His athletic build, 1m90, and clothing style makes his concerts an experience to behold. During his performance, auditory and visual aspects are called into play, he accompanied his music in a personal and innovative aesthetic. Athy with his tousled hair, his piercings, tattoos, and her original clothes seized the stage wearing his harp on him, giving it great freedom of body expressivity. With its aesthetic concept, modern and contemporary, it get softer the image of Harper and desecrates his instrument while revaluing it. In this sense, a Francophone writers from Argentina, qualify the visual impact of Athy’s shows as "oxymoronic", where the lyricism and sensuality arouse in the viewer a disturbing reaction. In 2008, Athy is advertising the electric harp Silhouette of the company Lyon & Healy of Chicago, he lends his image to become the advertising icon of the instrument. That same year, he was sponsored by the harps Camac, a French company and that company becomes his official sponsor during his concerts in Argentina and around the world. The company offered him three harps, a Celtic harp concert acoustic and two electric harps Blue Light built in carbon fiber. Athy participating in reality show “El Casting de la tele”, broadcast on Canal 13, Argentina (Artear) and finished semi-finalist. In 2009 he gave a concert for the UN in the city of Tigre, under the title ReciclArte in order to produce a change in human consciousness in relation to pollution and environmental conservation. He participated in various international festivals and festivals around the world Harpe, such as 26th and 27th Rencontres internationales de harpe celtique at Dinan, the Vale do Café Festival to Vossauras, Brazil, the IV to RioHarpFestival Rio, Brazil. The Interceltic Festival of Lorient for Camac harps fortieth anniversary, a concert for Great evening of Celtic harp and a master class for harpists of all levels, the Celtic Music Festival Franco-Italian Celtica in 2010 and 2011, and the World Festival of the Harp of Paraguay, He also gave some concerts in differentIl châteaux of France like the château of Clisson and the château of Châteaubriant. Athy in 2009 won a harp in the first Trophy Camac competition organized by Camac harps in France Courmayeur, Italy. In 2011, Athy accompanies "Project 12", the Celtic Ballet Dominic Graham Northern Ireland (Portrush), where he composed a ballet of his works titled Entwined Hearts; the same year he gives concerts in different counties and towns of Ireland. During this same year (July 2) give a concert in Val Veny, Italy . In November, he traveled to Russia to give a concert and a master class in Moscow Festival of the Celtic Harp АРФАVITA, where he explained the modern techniques of the electric harp in a class, and gave a concert of pieces of its creation and an original arrangement of the famous tango of Astor Piazzolla, Libertango. Athy in Concert, Moscow, 2011.Athy has shared the stage with many musicians and dancers as The Chieftains at Interceltic Festival of Lorient, 2010/2011, with: Cecile Corbel, Vincenzo Zitello, Carlos Nuñez (Interceltic Festival of Lorient in 2011, The ISHR (Celtic, Italy), Antonio Olmos (guitar), Pamela Schweblin (Irish bagpipes and Irish whistles), Nicolas Cuadro (percussion), Gustavo Echeverria (violin), Daniela Sigaud (violin), Celtic Argentina (ballet Irish Dancing ), Marcela Cerruti (piano), Adrian Albornoz (electric bass), Nadia Birkenstock (electric harp) and Clotilde Trouillaud (harp electric), Aida Delfino (Celtic harp) and others musicians. On May 26, 2012, Athy gave an unusual show in the Festival International de la Harpe, held during the celebrations of 40th anniversary of Camac at Ancenis,. During this festival, concert harp, very varied, succeeded each between 25 and 26 May. From 2010 Athy is working on his third album, Harp Seduction, scheduled for late 2012.