Pavol Boriš


Pavol "Paľo" Boriš is a Slovak small-scale wine producer and author. He is also former coordinator of hobby and artistic activities of SZM local organization in Pezinok, high school teacher and municipal councillor. He is known as the second main organizer and also the organizer of both years of the Koncert mladosti festival.

Biography

He was born in Šaľa on 28 October 1954. In the summer of 1947, his parents moved to a house in the village of Neded. Since 1961, he has lived in Pezinok.
In the early 1970s he met Ján Štrba on a train, who was carrying a large reel-to-reel tape recorder, and they became friends. In 1974 he graduated from electrical maturita and from 1976 to 1981 he studied mechanical engineering technology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, SVŠT in Bratislava. After the Koncert mladosti festival was banned, he was summoned for questioning as a co-organizer and punished by being prohibited from officially acting as a cultural coordinator of the SZM local organization. His friend Ľubomír "Jačmeň" Janečka, who was the so-called sideman of the team of people around Paľo Boriš, was appointed to his position. In the fall of 1982, he completed a basic military service in 65th Motor Rifle Regiment in Cheb.
He was involved in the VPN. Between 1989 and 2001, he was a teacher of mechanical engineering subjects at the Secondary Vocational School. He was a member of the town council in Pezinok from 1990 to 1998. From its founding until 2005, he worked on the committee of the Zväz vinohradníkov a vinárov Pezinok.
In 2002 or 2003, he became a chief and a main organizer of the newly created event called Fyzulnačka.
Boriš' vineyards are located in Škridláky hunt in Pezinok wine district.
Together with Peter Bittner and photographer Ján Štrba, they are the authors of three books: the first edition of Pezinok – bigbeatown with a compilation CD, Koncerty mladosti ´76, ´77 – Československý Woodstock, and the second edition of Pezinok – bigbeatown. Boriš and Bittner are also considered chroniclers of 1960s music in Pezinok.

Personal life

In 1980, he married his wife Edita and is the father of Martin and Zuzana.

Works

  • Boriš, Pavol and Bittner, Peter. Pezinok – bigbeatown. 1. ed. Renesans..
  • Boriš, Pavol; Štrba, Ján; Bittner, Peter. Koncerty mladosti ´76, ´77 – Československý Woodstock.
  • Boriš, Pavol. Moje zimné písačky.
  • Boriš, Pavol; Štrba, Ján; Bittner, Peter. Pezinok – bigbeatown. 2. ed.

Awards

  • 2023: Award of the Mayor of Pezinok for an active life connected with cultural events in Pezinok and in the field of winemaking