PLATON KARATAEV
Platon Karataev, named after the character Lev Tolstoy, was founded in 2016.
The Hungarian indie quartet's music wanders in the core of existence, searching for answers through paradoxes, observing questions at the atomic level or looking at them from an astronomical point of view.
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After the immediate success of For Her's (2017), the band gradually moved away from an acoustic sound. The more heavily orchestrated Atoms (2020) focuses on speaking at the most universal but personal level. The key element of the album is catharsis. The new album, Crying for the Coast, dives further into the collective unconscious.
Over the past four years, Platon Karataev has not only received attention locally, but has also been internationally acclaimed, with over 5 million streams on Spotify, mostly from the US, UK and Germany. Besides three different German tours, the band has performed at major festivals such as Sziget, Reeperbahn, Zandari Festa Seoul, Moscow Music Week and Liverpool Sound City.
Klebelsberg Kultúrkúria
The Klebelsberg Culture Mansion is situated in the picturesque surroundings of the Buda Hills in the 2nd district, on the site of the former Klebelsberg estates. Opened in the summer of 2005, its unique architecture is inspired by the old mansion building, which has retained its neoclassical features after renovation and is one of the original Klebelsberg schools. The use of different materials (natural stone, metal, brick, concrete) in the new wing of the building reflects the contemporary architectural style. Ramps in the corridors of the Culture Mansion facilitate access for the disabled.
The harmonious link between past and present applies not only to the building but also to the artistic concept of the Culture Curia. Classical drama and modern musical theatre (modern opera); folk dance and contemporary dance; classical music and high quality popular music; contemporary solo and group exhibitions of fine and applied arts and photography. These categories seem to belong to different artistic disciplines, but in fact they are all part of the same genre, so we offer a range of a combination of all of them.
The institution also promotes other values, so in addition to fostering cultural links across borders, we also place great emphasis on organising programmes that are environmentally conscious.
