György Pauk was not only a star violinist but a highly rated teacher. I met him when he was one of the soloists, with the violist Nobuko Imai and cellist Ralph Kirshbaum, in Michael Tippett’s Triple Concerto, premiered at the Proms in 1980 with the London Symphony Orchestra under Colin Davis and subsequently recorded.
He joined me for a recital at Kingston Polytechnic (now University) in which we played Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, and there as always displayed a sharp sense of humour.
