H. ATHOR   P. LECTRUM   Q UARTET

Talking about the H ATHOR P LECTRUM Q UARTET means talking about the only stable formation of its kind in Puglia. Born in 2007, with the aim of studying and performing the rich original repertoire of plectrum instruments, up to modern and contemporary music, without neglecting some of the most beautiful pages of Neapolitan musical literature up to the columns for films, through a timbric research that blends happily with the crystalline sonority of the instruments.

The HPQ is formed by Antonio Schiavone (mandolin), Roberto Bascià (mandolin), Fulvio S. D'Abramo (mandòla) and Vito Mannarini (guitar), masters graduated from the Conservatory "Niccolò Piccinni" in Bari. The ensemble, over the years, has established itself for originality, research and adequate writing , consistent with the tools. For this reason he has participated in numerous and prestigious competitions, always positioning himself in the first places. He was also invited to participate in prestigious Italian concert seasons, in which he received unanimous acclaim from the public and critics, also thanks to the singular instrumental combination proposed.

Particularly rich also the activities abroad are different and varied, together with lessons at the universities of the interested foreign countries:

March 2008 ETHIOPIA, HUNGARY May 2008, October 2011 CAMEROON, Ireland in March 2012, October 2012 GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR October 2012, March 2013 TANZANIA, ZAMBIA October 2013, May 2014 ARGENTINA, October 2014 CHINA, GERMANY November 2014, PAKISTAN December 2014, December 2014 SPAIN, MALTA December 2014, May 2015 GERMANY, KAZAKHISTAN October 2015, October 2015 KYRGYZSTAN, TURKMENISTAN October 2015, May 2016 C OREA SOUTH, Brazil in July 2016, December 2016 TURKEY, April 2017 GERMANY, GERMANY May 2017, November 2017 KINGDOM oF BAHRAIN, May 2018 GERMANY, July 2018 BRAZIL, CROATIA August 2018, October 2018 GERMANY, February 2019 KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN, JAPAN May 2019, May 2019 ECUADOR, ANGOLA September 2019, October 2019 MOROCCO ...

In May 2015 revisits and accompanies live ANTONELLA RUGGIERO. It is the first time that a plectrum quartet rearranges a repertoire of pop music and accompanies the author in a live concert and in August 2015 opens the concert of PATTY PRAVO with an unreleased version of LA BAMBOLA and in 2016 with ANTONIO MAGGIO ; winner of the first Italian X - Factor and of Sanremo G 2013. The HPQ is often also invited to give lessons - concerts in schools, also on the history and iconography of the mandolin. In 2010 he released his first cd "Hathor Plectrum Quartet - live", which soon reached its twelfth reissue. In December 2013 " Christmas Mandolins ", 9 classic Christmas songs interpreted by the HPQ picks, album also reviewed and appreciated by the great Fausto Cigliano . In November 2018, QUANDO FACEVO LA CANTANTE was released, an anthological collection by ANTONELLA RUGGIERO , in which a song appears, AMORE LONTANISSIMO, with which the former voice of Matia Bazar arrived 2nd at the 1998 Sanremo Festival. HPQ picks. On December 18, 2018 the quartet is called to participate in the "SOLITI IGNOTI - the return", on RaiUno, hosted by Amadeus. He performs with handcrafted instruments of the Italian lutherie schools of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.