Kornél Mogyoró
Copyright: András Farkas
Biography
Being employed at wide range of musical genres, he is a virtuoso percussionist, drummer, and songwriter. Kornél mixes drumming and percussion playing in his unique style of playing. He is familiar with hand percussion techniques (conga, bongo, djembe, cajon, etc.), finger techniques (darbuka, riq, bodhran, etc.), and also stick playing techniques (timbales, drums). He is always on the road touring with his bands or as a session player in Hungary and all across Europe.
He has performed on stage with Hungarian pop, rock, jazz and world music giants during his carrier, like Gábor Presser, Tátrai Band, Bikini, Edda, Nikola Parov, Kolinda, Marton Juhasz’s Euro-African Playground, European Mantra, Vojasa etc., as well as with well-known and highly appreciated international artists and ensembles, like Quincy Jones, Deedee Bridgewater, Gary Novak, Alfredo Rodriguez, Richard Bona, Gergő Borlai, Tony Lakatos, Dominique Di Piazza, Benjamin Herman, Raynald Colom, Paulo Russo, Vincent Mascart, or „Dhoad” Gipsies Of Rajastan. He participated on the continental tour of the European Youth Jazz Orchestra in 2001.
Kornél is currently member of the Norwegian bass legend Per Mathisen's Heavy Weather band and the Hungarian jazz-world music group trio Ewwiva! Kornél is the bandleader and composer of the Veronaki band.
He performed at the most famous European jazz and world music festivals, as well as theater festivals, in more than 20 countries. Furthermore, he contributed in more than 30 theatre performances both as a collaborator and performer (Maladype Theater, Szeged Contemporary Dance Company, etc.) His delicate playing can be heard on more than 80 recordings and concert DVD, in a short film, in 3 animated cartoons, and in 3 movies.
He won "the percussionist of the year 2014" 2015” and 2016 in his native country, according to the votes of the audience and music critics (jazzma.hu).
Country: Hungary
Band: Freelance
