LÁSZLÓ PORTELEKI
Porteleki was born in Budapest, but grown up in a little Transdanubian
village, named Ozora, where his grandfather was a village musician, playing
"citera". The child Porteleki learned this insrument and played together
with his grandfather in different village feasts.
When he was 12 his family moved to Budapest where he started learning
the classical violin. He regularly visited the
Muzsikás "dance hose" and started to be interesed in the traditional music.
He formed his first group in 1975 and a year later he founded the folkmusic
group TÉKA, where he was the violonist and the solo singer.
With the Téka ensemble he released 4 albums and
besides the Muzsikas, Téka run the most popular "tanchaz" club
in Budapest of those years.
From the beginning he collected folk music for the Academy
of Science of Hungary, meanwhile he played together with the local folk
musicians. Porteleki regards them as his musical masters.
He left Téka in 1991 and became the professional musician of the
Honvéd Art Ensemble.
In 1996 he became the member of the Muzsikas, he plays the violin,
the lute and he sings there, as well.
|