György Pauk Explained

György Pauk
Birth Date:1936 10, df=y
Birth Place:Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
Instrument:Violin
Genre:Classical

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, and entered the Franz Liszt Academy of Music at age nine. He began his studies as Imre Waldbauer's pupil in 1945.[1] From 1947 to 1949, he studied with János Temesváry, and from 1949 till he graduated at the Academy with Ede Zathureczky, and he studied with Zoltán Kodály.[2] [3] In 1956, he left Hungary for the Netherlands and, after being persuaded by violinist Yehudi Menuhin, he permanently settled in London in 1961.[4]

He performed as a concerto soloist with various orchestras and conductors, including Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Simon Rattle, and Sir Georg Solti. He also recorded and premiered works by Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, and Sir Michael Tippett conducted by the composers themselves.[5]

As a chamber musician Pauk's repertoire included all of the Mozart sonatas, which he also recorded, the Schubert sonatas, and Bartók's works for violin.[6] Pauk and pianist Peter Frankl formed a long-term collaboration with cellist Ralph Kirshbaum.[7] Pauk and Frankl were permanent partners since they were children.[8] They studied chamber music with Leo Weiner.[9] [10] The BBC commissioned Fourteen Little Pictures by James MacMillan to mark the 25th anniversary of their trio in 1997.[11]

Pauk was appointed the professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1987.[12] He named the violin department at the Royal Academy of Music after Zathureczky because he wanted to continue his teacher's legacy. In 1973, at Annie Fischer's encouragement and invitation, Pauk returned to perform in Budapest.[13]

He retired from performing in 2007.

Pauk gave master classes at the International Menuhin Music Academy. He regularly visited the United States giving master classes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oberlin College, and the Juilliard School of Music.[14] Pauk was an online master teacher at iClassical Academy.[15]

He played on a Stradivarius violin made in 1714 that was previously owned by Joseph Massart.[16] [17]

Pauk had two children.[18] [19] He died in Budapest on 18 November 2024, at the age of 88.[20] [21]

Autobiography

Awards

Notable students

Pauk's notable students include Thomas Gould,[25] Maureen Smith,[26] Marianne Thorsen,[27] Gyula Stuller,[28] and Lucy Gould.[29]

References

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pauk György . Zeneakademia.hu . 4 April 2022 . hu . 18 November 2024 . 4 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201204172453/https://lfze.hu/nagy-elodok/pauk-gyorgy-1602 . live .
  2. Web site: Biography of György Pauk at Liszt Academy of Music. 17 September 2016. 25 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170925035116/http://lfze.hu/en/notable-alumni/-/asset_publisher/fLQ9RSuRgn0e/content/pauk-gyorgy/10192/. dead.
  3. Web site: Pauk György . Kodály Zoltán Nemzetközi Zenei Verseny Debrecen . 20 October 2024 . hu . 19 November 2024.
  4. Pauk (2021), pp. 70–72
  5. Web site: Elhunyt Pauk György . Papageno . 18 November 2024 . hu . 18 November 2024.
  6. Book: Bartók . Béla . Pauk . György . Székely . Zoltán (Musiker) . Tátrai Vonósnégyes . Chamber works. 1, Andante. Rhapsodies (Folkdances) Nos. 1,2 for violin and piano. Rhapsody (Folkdances) No. 1 for violoncello and piano. Hungarian Folksongs for Violin and piano. Sonata in E minor for violin and piano. sonatas for violin and piano Nos. 1,2. Sonata for solo violin. 44 duos. Sonata for two pianos and percussion . Hungaroton . [Budapest] . 2000 . 634681233 .
  7. Web site: Full Biography . Kirshbaum Associates Inc. . 18 November 2024 . 20 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230620163650/https://www.kirshbaumassociates.com/artist.php?id=ralphkirshbaum&aview=bio . live .
  8. Web site: Peter Frankl . Naxos . 18 November 2024.
  9. Web site: Leó Weiner Chamber Competition Gala Concert . BMC – Budapest Music Center . 18 November 2024 . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220925113812/https://www.bmc.hu/en/programs/leo-weiner-chamber-competition-gala-concert . live .
  10. Web site: Haylock . Julian . Violinist György Pauk on studying with Ede Zathureczky and Leó Weiner . The Strad . 18 November 2024 . 18 November 2024 . 14 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240714064311/https://www.thestrad.com/violinist-gy%C3%B6rgy-pauk-on-studying-with-ede-zathureczky-and-leo-weiner/6049.article . live .
  11. [James MacMillan (composer)|James MacMillan]
  12. Web site: Biography of György Pauk at Royal Academy of Music . 17 September 2016 . 29 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190729200042/https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/gy%C3%B6rgy-pauk . live .
  13. https://www.parlando.hu/2021/2021-5/Pauk_Gyorgy85.pdf Pauk György
  14. Web site: György Pauk, violin teacher at Saline royale Academy . Saline Royale Academy . 12 October 2023 . 18 November 2024.
  15. Web site: Gyorgy Pauk. Foundation. iClassical. iClassical Academy. en-US. 29 August 2019. 29 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190829005229/https://iclassical-academy.com/teachers-general/gyorgy-pauk-2/. live.
  16. Web site: Distinguished violinist loans 1714 'Massart' Strad to his most promising former pupil . The Strad . 18 November 2024 . 18 November 2024.
  17. Web site: György Pauk hands over his Strad to Julia Pusker . Papageno . 22 October 2024 . 18 November 2024.
  18. Web site: The Violin Channel . Violinist György Pauk has Died, Aged 88 . World's Leading Classical Music Platform . 18 November 2024 . 18 November 2024.
  19. Web site: Gyorgy Pauk . AJR Refugee Voices . 1 January 1970 . 18 November 2024 . 19 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240719123909/https://www.ajrrefugeevoices.org.uk/RefugeeVoices/gyorgy-pauk . live .
  20. Web site: György Pauk, distinguished Hungarian violinist and pedagogue, has died . The Strad . 18 November 2024 . 18 November 2024.
  21. Web site: Most jött a szomorú hír: baleset érte és meghalt Pauk György . Blikkrúzs.blikk.hu . 18 November 2024 . hu . 18 November 2024.
  22. Web site: Biography of György Pauk at Menuhin Academy. 17 September 2016. 6 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161006125410/http://www.menuhinacademy.ch/site/wp/presenting-imma/faculty-teachers/gyorgy-pauk/. dead.
  23. Web site: Gyorgy Pauk . iClassical Academy . 30 December 2022 . 18 November 2024 . 25 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240525073815/https://iclassical-academy.com/teachers-general/gyorgy-pauk-2/ . live .
  24. Web site: Gyorgy Pauk (UWC) . New Virtuosi . 18 November 2024.
  25. Web site: About the performer: Thomas Gould . . . 10 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151211142350/http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/thomas-gould . 11 December 2015 . dead .
  26. Web site: Maureen Smith: Hon ARAM . . www.ram.ac.uk . . 24 September 2017 . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417154841/https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/maureen-smith . dead .
  27. Web site: Marianne Thorsen (violin). . www.hyperion-records.co.uk . . 24 September 2017 .
  28. Web site: Budapest Music Center . BMC - Budapest Music Center . hu . 18 November 2024.
  29. Web site: Gould, Lucy. . www.rwcmd.ac.uk. Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. 24 September 2017. 24 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924221718/http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/other/biography/strings/violin/gould,_lucy.aspx. dead.

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