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Named after a Tolstoy character, Platon Karataev emerged in 2016 with powerful songs that already shone a light on how they would earn the love of a wide, even international audience. The three albums released so far, the sold-out concerts, the successful national and international tours and the millions of Spotify plays have confirmed early expectations. At Müpa Budapest, the quartet performed new songs from their third album which was released in the autumn of 2021, along with a number of surprising arrangements.
From the very beginning, Platon Karataev has been creating deep, human compositions in the best songwriting traditions, and it is no wonder that they have touched so many people around the world. Initially, a more acoustic brand of indie folk was their main focus, but the band's sound took on a more epic, louder turn with the release of their second album, Atoms in 2020. The songs, which encourage introspection and a better understanding of the world through questions, followed a similar trajectory on the third album in November 2021. Several songs from the album Crying for the Coast debuted at this concert, but there were other treats, too. On the one hand, two earlier Platon songs in English (Aphelion, Light Trap) were performed here for the first time in Hungarian, while, on the other, there was also a wide variety of arrangements: from the sonic attack of Vágtázó Halottkémek (Halló, mindenség, Aláírhatatlan történelem), through the ancient indigenous folk music of Kaláka (Valaki jár a fák hegyén) to Arvo Pärt's sacral minimalism (My Heart's In The Highlands - in their own Hungarian translation). In keeping with 2021's Atoms Reimagined remix album, this setlist demonstrates the diversity of Platon Karataev's music and its persistent focus on the core questions of existence.

This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 16 September 2021.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest