OBOE Society Foundation

The Hungarian Oboe Society Foundation is a national non-profit organization uniting oboists from all over the country - teachers, artists, students as devoted musicians fond of the instrument - into a single large organization.
Oboists in Hungary had never had such a Foundation before, one with public support, operating within legal frames, so it has naturally roused nationwide attention.
The founder and president of the advisory board is Zoltán Munia, an oboe teacher, advisor on public education at the Ministry of Education, who created this professional organization in 2003 responding to the encouragement and enthusiastic urging by numerous colleagues.
Honorary president of the Foundation is Peter Pongrácz, an oboist, professor at the Franz Liszt Music Academy, where he had also served as vice president for decades.
Goals of the Foundation furthering public interest are as follows:
- popularization and spreading knowledge of the oboe and of woodwind instruments in a wider sense, as well as of music;
- organisation, sponsoring and management of solo, chamber, and symphonic concerts, whit charitable, or teaching aims, teacher and student concerts, meetings, festivals, competitions, teaching and master courses;
- creation and offering of awards;
- creation and offering of a professional award in recognition of outstanding (artistic, orchestral, teaching, or instrumental) accomplishments;
- publishing professional, methodological and printed music works, and sponsoring such publications;
- sponsoring maintenance, renovation and repair of instruments, and sponsoring the purchase of accessories to those instruments;
- sponsoring the renewal of the aging pool of instruments (even through purchasing instruments);
- improving the pool of instruments of Hungarian orchestras and schools whitin and outside our borders.
The above goals of the Foundation are considered exemplary and foremost goals to be accomplished by all compatriots playing at any level, or simply loving the oboe. László Hadady, the famous oboist, professor at the Paris Conservatory, also pledged his support to these efforts.
The 11 member national advisory board has already taken actions bringing to life a number of functions benefiting the public in 2003, during the first half year of the Foundation's existence:
This home page set stage for a national communication allowing more precise and faster information flow.
The organization of national competitions for art schools from primary to graduate level allowed the offering of special awards.
The Foundation sponsored new oboe publications resulting in the avaliability of the following publications for the profession at a very favorable price:
- Zoltán Munia: Oboaiskola és Zongorakísérete - Oboe school with piano accompaniment (for first and second year students at music schools)
- Sándor Kerényi: 22 etűd - 22 etudes (for advanced students at music schools)
- Sándor Kerényi: Hangszerismeret - About the instrument (for students and teachers at the Academy, or anyone interested in the instrument).
The above three music editions via their wonderful methodological structure will provide a useful tool for oboe teachers all over the world!
The advisory board bestowed a professional award on József Kányási, oboist and professor of music at the Debrecen Music Academy for 35 years.
The Society offers oboe reeds and reed material for students of oboe through a grant system starting January 1, 2004.
All this collaboration was made possible through pursuing a national common goal, which you can also help with your donations.
The advisory board of the Foundation