As both soloist and chamber musician, the violinist György Pauk, who has died aged 88, was held in high respect for the refined quality of his tone and consummate musicianship.
Hungarian by birth and training, he settled in the UK in 1961, at the suggestion of Yehudi Menuhin. The 1960s and 70s in London were described by Pauk as “a golden age for classical music”, with leading international artists of the calibre of Daniel Barenboim and Radu Lupu prominent there, and Pauk was delighted to find himself among them. He was soon in high demand, playing as soloist with three London orchestras: the London Philharmonic, with whom he recorded the Tchaikovsky concerto, the London Symphony, who invited him to be leader (a position he declined), and the London Mozart Players.
