Attila Budavari

Attila Budavári (1 June 1970) is a Hungarian master organ builder. His organ factory, the Pécs Organ Manufactory, is the biggest organbuilding company in Hungary.[1][2]

Background

For Attila Budavári the interest of organbuilding was a family heritage coming from his ancestors working at an organbuilding company in Pécs. His great-great grandfather, Lipót Schiffrich had arrived Pécs from Vienna to work at Angster organbuilding factory. His great grandfather worked at the company as well from his student years and after finishing his studies he continued the work as an organbuilder. Moreover, 5 more ancestors of Attila have also worked at the same organbuilding company which was always great motivation for him.[3][2]

Education

Budavári was only 12 years old when he decided to become an organ builder. He attended primary and secondary school in Pécs. After finishing his intermediate studies, he continued his education at Kaesz Gyula Apprenticeship Institution in Budapest, between 1988–1990. In 1991, he went on a study tour so that he become to be able to turn his knowledge about organ building into practice. He had spent a year at Oberösterreichische Orgelbauanstalt Kögler GmbH organ building company as an organ builder. After some years of interruption, he has continued his studies — already as a company owner — at the Chamber of Crafts Budapest, at its Instrument crafter and repair branch, where he achieved a master's degree. In 2011 he was officially qualified to a Silver-wreath Organbuilder Master.[4][2][1]

Work

Coming back to Hungary he has found his own company with his brother, Csaba Budavári. The company was started in their parents’ garage but when the company started to develop they had the opportunity to buy a workshop in Pécs, so they continued the work there. During the 25 years of the company it has become the biggest organ manufacturer of Hungary and also one of the biggest in Europe.[5][1]

In 2009 the company created an online store.[4]

Important projects and works

Pécs Organ Manufactory have participated in several significant organ installations:[4]

Awards

  • Pro Civitate Award (2015)
  • Ambassador díj (2015)[7]
  • József Angster Award (2011) – joint award with Csaba Budavári

References

  1. 1 2 3
  2. 1 2 3 "Europa Cantat 2015 - Pécs". ecpecs2015.hu.
  3. ↑ Kft., Equator Média. "Igaz pécsi mese az orgonaépítékről: íme, egy valódi sikertörténet". Pécsi Újság.
  4. 1 2 3 "Cégtörténet".
  5. ↑ "Meghódította a világot a pécsi orgonamanufaktúra". Pécsi Hírek (19 October 2015)
  6. ↑ "Budavári Evangélikus Egyházközség".
  7. ↑ "RAC Pécs – Ambassador díj – AMBASSADOR CLUB MAGYARORSZÁG". www.ambassadorclub.hu.

Further reading

  1. "A világ legjobb orgonái Pécsett készülnek". Pécsi Hírek (13 July 2015)
  2. "Meghódította a világot a pécsi orgonamanufaktúra". Pécsi Hírek (19 October 2015)
  3. "Pécs város napja" (2015)
  4. "Kitüntetések a Kamarában"
  5. "Munkánkat hosszú időre, generációkra tervezzük"
  6. "A Pécsi Orgonaépítő Manufaktúra Kft. munkái"
  7. http://www.pomorgona.hu/en/pom/story
  8. http://www.evangelikus.hu/taxonomy/term/2448
  9. http://ecpecs2015.hu/hu/muhelyvezetok/198/dobay-balazs-
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