György Pauk

György Pauk (26 October 1936 – 18 November 2024) was a Hungarian violinist, chamber musician and music pedagogue.

Biography Pauk was born on 26 October 1936 in Budapest, Hungary, the son of Imre Pauk and Magda (nee Lustig). His father was a manager at the Lustig and Gluck Transportation Company. His mother was a pianist and the daughter of the company's owner. From 1947 to 1949 he studied with János Temesváry, He made his debut in a Beethoven sonata accompanied by Peter Frankl, and at the age of fourteen he performed Kabalevsky's Violin Concerto. In 1959 he took first prize at the Long-Thibaud competition with a performance of Glazunov's Violin Concerto. In December 1961 he stepped in at short notice to perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Mozart Players under Harry Blech. In 1962 he made the first of many appearances at London's Wigmore Hall, where he performed with pianists including Frankl, Geoffrey Parsons and Roger Vignoles. the Schubert sonatas; and Bartók's works for violin. Pauk and pianist Peter Frankl formed a long-term collaboration with cellist Ralph Kirshbaum. Pauk and Frankl had been musical partners since they were children. They studied chamber music with Leo Weiner. The BBC commissioned Fourteen Little Pictures by James MacMillan to mark the 25th anniversary of their trio in 1997.

Pauk played a Stradivarius violin made in 1714 that had previously been owned by Joseph Massart. He was appointed professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1987. He named the violin department at the Royal Academy of Music after Zathureczky because he wanted to continue his teacher's legacy. Pauk was an online master teacher at iClassical Academy. His musical career continued until he retired from performing in 2007.

Pauk died from complications of a fall in Budapest on 18 November 2024, at the age of 88.

Autobiography Négy húron pendülök. Nyolcvan év emlékei . Budapest: Park Könyvkiadó, 2016. .

Awards First Prize in the 1956 (first) Paganini Competition in Genoa, Italy Grammy nomination for Record of the Year Honorary Doctorate by the University of London 2016

Notable students Pauk's notable students include Thomas Gould, Maureen Smith, Marianne Thorsen, Gyula Stuller, and Lucy Gould.