György Pauk

Hungarian violinist and teacher György Pauk was born in Budapest on 26 October 1936, and began studying at the Franz Liszt Academy when he was nine. His teachers included Ede Zathureczky and Zoltán Kodály.

Pauk left Hungary in 1956, initially for the Netherlands, then Yehudi Menuhin persuaded him to settle in the UK from 1961.

In London, as a chamber musician, he recorded Mozart, Schubert and Bartók. He formed a long-lasting trio with his childhood friend, pianist Peter Frankl, and cellist Ralph Kirshbaum.

He was also a concerto soloist with a series of conductors and orchestras, and gave first performances and recorded works by Maxwell Davies, Lutosławski, Penderecki, Schnittke and Tippett.

From 1987 he was professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

He retired from performing in 2007 but continued to teach.

György Pauk died in Budapest on 18 November 2024, aged eighty-eight.

 

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