Platon Karataev

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Platon Karataev
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Live in Budapest Park, 2025
Background information
OriginBudapest, Hungary
Genres Indie rock, folk rock [1]

Indie folk [2]
(earlier)
alternative folk [3] [4]
post-rock [5]

(later)

Contents

Years active2013–present
Website platonkarataev.com

Platon Karataev is a Hungarian musical group.

Their music draws from spiritual traditions, including Gregorian chants, mantras, and folk songs. The band's lyrics are in English and Hungarian. [6] The band is named after a character from Leo Tolstoy's novel. [7] [1]

History

Platon Karataev formed in Budapest in 2016. [7] [2]

Their first single "Elevator" (2016) and first album For Her (2017) made them one of the most streamed Hungarian music artists known domestically and globally. [1] [8] [9]

In 2018, they took part in Zandari Festa (South Korea) event. [2] [10] In 2019, the band performed at other festivals, including Waves Vienna  [ de ] (Austria), Reeperbahn Festival  [ de ] (Germany), and Liverpool Sound City (UK) festivals. [11] [12] [13]

In 2021, Kultura.hu named them "the most exportable" Hungarian music artist. [14]

In March 2022, they gave an interview to major Hungarian news magazine HVG . [6] The band performed at the Roadburn Festival (Netherlands) in April the same year. [15]

In 2023, the band received the Hungarian Music Awards. [16] [7]

Platon Karataev performed at Sziget Festival in 2024 and 2025. [17] [4]

Lineup

[14] [18]

Albums

English period

Hungarian period

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Platon Karataev - Rock Hungary". Europavox. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ismét három magyar zenekar lép fel a szöuli Zandari Festán - Dalok.hu". dalok.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "To Crave the Edges of Speech - The Continental Literary Magazine". The Continental Literary Magazine. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 Marcell, Bajnai (5 August 2025). "A világsztárok mellett a magyar előadókra is érdemes figyelni a Szigeten". Magyarnarancs.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Hacsek, Sophie (1 March 2023). "Platon Karataev takes you on an unpredictable musical journey". arthereartnow.com. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  6. 1 2 "„Valaki azt írta, ez volt az első koncert, amire nem részegen akart elmenni" - Platon Karataev-interjú". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 19 March 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Platon Karataev". zenehaza.hu. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Platon Karataev - GoOut". goout.net (in Slovak). Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Crowns, Music (5 June 2020). "Platon Karataev launch 'Atoms' LP | New Music". Music Crowns. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Magyar fellépők a Zandari Festa-n". culture.hu. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Waves Vienna - Archive: Waves Vienna 2019". www.wavesvienna.com. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Reeperbahn announced Platon Karataev and Deep Glaze". hotsmusic.hu. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  13. ↑ "Platon Karataev and Vera Jónás has been invited for Liverpool Sound City". hotsmusic.hu. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  14. 1 2 "HOTS: a Platon Karataev a legexportképesebb könnyűzenei előadó". kultura.hu (in Hungarian). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "Roadburn 2022 Line-Up :: Clashfinder". clashfinder.com. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "Fonogram-díjas lett a Platon Karataev!". Fonogram (in Hungarian). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "Platon Karataev, Louis Tomlinson, Martin Garrix - Ilyen volt a Sziget negyedik napja". Népszava (in Hungarian). Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "Platon Karataev: Még nem vagyunk nyakig a következő lemezben, de már térdig ér a víz". kultura.hu (in Hungarian). 15 July 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
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