György Pauk has been played on NTS shows including Haruki Murakami Day, with Violin Sonata In B Flat, K454 first played on 9 December 2018.

Recognized as one of the leading violinists of our time, György Pauk was born in Hungary on 26th October 1936 and received his musical education at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. Before settling in London in 1961, he won first prize at the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Premier Grand Prix in the International Violin Competition Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaud in Paris and first prize in the International Music Competition of the ARD (German TV) in Munich.

Pauk boasts an exceptionally rich repertoire that includes some of the masterpieces of the twentieth century and has given first performances of works by Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Schnittke, Maxwell Davies and Tippett under the baton of the composers. György Pauk's records include a number of award-winning releases and he has received public honours both in Britain and in Hungary, notably the Hungarian Order of the Republic in 1998 for his contribution to music-making throughout the world. He plays the Massart Stradivarius of 1714.