György Pauk

The career of the late Hungarian violinist and educator György Pauk represented a direct link to the era of Bartók and Kodály. He studied with the latter and was especially known for his performances of music by the former. Pauk appeared as a concerto soloist with many orchestras under some of the most prominent conductors of the late 20th century. He had a strong orientation toward Bartók and also toward contemporary music, giving the world premieres of works by such composers as Witold Lutosławski and Krzysztof Penderecki. Pauk had a substantial recording catalog stretching well into the 21st century. He joined the Takács Quartet for a recording of Mozart: String Quintets as late as 2010. A recording made in 1964 of Schubert's complete music for violin and piano with pianist Peter Frankl was released in 2015. Pauk died in London on November 18, 2024.