Upcoming live gigs
2023
10.07. UH fest, Trafó, Budapest - Tehereh Nourani/Áron Porteleki/Márton Kristóf
09.26. Instant - Áron Porteleki: Smearing (supporting act for Liturgy (US))
09.03. INOTA Festival, Várpalota - Cryptic Bodies
08.10. Malom festival, SRB - Decolonize Your Mind Society
07.22. Mittelfest, Cividale de Friuli - Mechanics of Distance
07.01. Kolorado Festival, Budapest - Decolonize Your Mind Society
06.30. Kolorado festival, Budapest - Cryptic Bodies: Offsprings
05.31. A4, Bratislava - Vigiler (solo work presentation, V4 residency program)
03.11. House of Music Hungary - Decolonize Your Mind Society
02.21. Lumen, Budapest - Akosh S./Áron Porteleki
Bands & Projects (selected)
- Dorota – drums, percussion, vocal, guitar, composition
- Decolonize Your Mind Society – drums, vocal
- Qyian
- 12z
- Akosh S. trio
- Akosh S./Porteleki duo
- Poros – viola, percussion, vocal
- Turul Blast – drums
- Solo performances
Other bands between 2009-2022 (selected)
Drt’ (SLO/HU), Thisnis (SLO/HU), Trio Porteleki/Tärn/Pärnoja (EST/HU), Akosh S. Unit (FR/HU), Singas Project (HU), Volkova Sisters, Babám, Czitrom/Porteleki duo (HU), Gnú, Peter Problem, Argo (SRB/HU), Deti Picasso (RU/AR/HU), Parasztok Atmoszférában, Mordái
Releases (selected):
Dorota: Good - Ored recordings, 2023
Decolonize Your Mind Society: A Second Invitation To An Uninterrupted Katabatic Lens - Hunnia Records, 2023
Aron Porteleki: Solo - self released, 2022
Qiyan: Man Is A Dream About A Shadow - Hunnia Records, 2021
Qiyan: Qiyan - Hunnia Records, 2020
Drt’: Puntičkár - Pohoda festival, 2020
Dorota: Solar the monk - Blindblindblind, 2019
12z: Transfiguratio - self released, 2019
Džukljev/Porteleki: Wonder Marks - Klopotec, 2018
Thisnis: Variationes Calvariae Locus - Meteorismo, 2017
Dorota: FRIK - self released, 2015
Porteleki/Pärnoja/Tärn: untitled - self released, 2015
Porteleki/Czitrom: Secrets of the fisherman’s wife - self released, 2015
12z: 12z - Farbwechsel 2013
Deti Picasso: Motherland - Trottel Records, 2015
Dorota: untitled - s10 records, 2011
Poros: Live - Fonó records, 2011
Solo works, residencies
2023 Vigiler - interdisciplinary solo music performance and research within a 2 months residency in A4 Bratislava, under the Visegrad Fund - Artist in residency program
Theater and dance (composition, sound design, live performance)
2023
Dense Piece - Aha collective, Mu Theater, Budapest
Médeia - Zita Szenteczki, Pince Színház
2022
Cryptic Bodies Unplugged - Patrik Kelemen, U500, Artus, Budapest
Trippin - Réka Oberfrank, Nemzeti Táncszínház, Budapest
Mechanics of Distance - Shared Space - Máté Mészáros, in the project ‘Variations on a monument’ by Budapest Gallery, site specific events, Budapest
2021
Miracle- Réka Oberfrank, Mu Theatre, Budapest
Zoom- Réka Oberfrank, Mu Theatre, Budapest
Cryptic Bodies - Patrik Kelemen, Artus, Budapest
2020
Plateau - Patrik Kelemen, National Dance Theatre, Budapest
2019
Spektrum - Máté Mészáros/Unusal Symptoms, Bremen Theater, Bremen
Mechanics of Distance - Máté Mészáros, National Dance Theatre, Budapest
2018
BEAT - Nóra Horváth, Mu Theatre, Budapest
United Space of Ambivalence - Máté Mészáros, Trafó, Budapest
2017
Standing Ground- Imre Vass, Mu Theatre, Budapest
Esumi és Asao- Ákos Kalmár, Artus, Budapest
Zahada Tych- Miroslav Tóth, Tabacka Kulturfabrik, Kosice
2016
Big Blonde & John- Viktória Dányi/Áron Porteleki, Sín Arts Center, Budapest
Co-Exit - Adél Juhász/Áron Porteleki, Trafó, Budapest
2014
Hinoki- Máté Mészáros/Ultima Vez, Trafó, Budapest
Visszaröpülés - Kiss/Lo Buglio/Makkai/Mózes/Porteleki, Artus, Budapest
2013
Skin me- Dányi/Molnár/Vadas, Trafó, Budapest
I am a Hungarian, Budapest based drummer and viola player. I work with several music groups in the field of free improvised, contemporary, electronic, jazz and folk music, as well as creating music for contemporary dance & theater pieces. As a kid I learned on a special type of viola with 3-strings from gypsys in Transylvania, and later took jazz drum lessons from different hungarian masters. I studied cultural anthropology at ELTE, Budapest.
As a drummer I’m interested in a type of improvisation which is above genres and forms, and relying only on the present situation. I’m also experimenting with the possible connections between different approaches of improvisation found in folk music and jazz. I’m developing a non metrical special way of rubato playing on drums which is mainly comes from my folk music experiences as a viola player, but also mixed with the traditions of free-jazz.
I played improvised concerts with Clayton Thomas, Hilary Jeffery; Akosh S., Mihály Dresch, István Grencsó, Vitor Rua, Andreas Backer, Dávid Somló, Lawrence Williams, Zlatko Baracskai but also collaborated with bands like Wovenhand, Deti Picasso, Muzsikás, Volkova Sisters.
As a performer I’ve been invited for festivals such as Ring Ring (SRB); Ljubljana Jazz Festival; Festival Les Vieilles Charrues; Dour Festival, Belgium; ICAS SUITE, Berlin; Next Festival, Bratislava; UH Festival, Hu; Ars Nova Kosice, Sziget Festival, Hu.
I work constantly with internationally well knowned choreographers and dancers like Máté Mészáros (Ultima Vez); Imre Vass (ex-Ultima Vez); Csaba Molnár (Hodworks); Viktória Dányi (Bloom!). In a collaborative work with the dancers i made music for several pieces of them and performed in festivals like New Dance Festival, Beijing; 8th Gdansk Dance Festival; Abrons Art Center, NYC; Impulstanz, Vienna; Aerowaves Spring Forward, Umeo; Julidans Festival, Amsterdam.
