Recognised as one of the leading violinists of his generation, Gyorgy Pauk was born in Budapest , Hungary and received his musical education at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest.

Before settling in London in 1961, he won first prize in the Paganini Competition in Genova, Premier Grand Prix in the Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris and first prize in the Munich Sonata Competition.

He made his London debut with the London Symphony Orchestra under Lorin Maazel and his recital debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1962.

In an outstanding and wide-ranging international carreer G.P. has appeared with the world,s leading orchestras in collaboration with conductors of the highest distinction. He made his American debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1971, at the invitation of Sir Georg Solti. Since then he has appeared as a soloist with most of the major Orchestras of the United States. In Britain he has performed with all the Orchestras in London and in the provinces, at the Henry Wood Promenade seasons and at the Bath, Cheltenham, City of London, Orkney, etc festivals with performances regularly broadcast by the BBC. He boasts an exceptionally rich repertoire that includes some of the masterpieces of the 20th century and has given first performances of the works by Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Schnittke, Maxwell Davies and Michael Tippett, William Mathias, under the baton of the composers.

Gyorgy Pauk,s recordings include most of the violin repertory plus a number of award-winning releases and he has received public honours both in Britain and in Hungary, notably the Hungarian Order of the Republicin 1998 presented by the President of Hungary, for his contribution to music throughout the world.

He has a Chair of the Ede Zathureczky Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, as well as Professor at the Winterthur-Zurich Conservatory of Music in Switzerland. He has participated as Jury member in most of the biggest Violin Competitions of the world.

He plays the Massart Stradivarius of 1714.