Botond BESE
Palóc bagpipe with a goat’s head
2022
goatskin, plum wood, tin, copper, horn
Photo: SULYOK Miklós
BESE Botond
1977, Budapest, bagpipe player, folk music teacher, bagpipe maker
He is a bagpipe teacher at the Búzaszem Catholic Primary School in Göd. He also performs at concerts at home and abroad. His triad of vocations as a teacher, musician and bagpipe maker is based on his organic knowledge of Hungarian shepherds’ culture and its authentic mediation. Recognitions as a bagpipe maker: Young Master of Folk Art (2011), 30th National Carving Competition, 1st Prize (2013) in memory of Antal Kapoli Sr, and the Applied Folk Artist title (2014).
