Paolo started to play the piano at the age of 9. After studying
architecture for 5 years, Paolo dedicated himself completely to music.
He is educated both in classical music (Conservatorio L. D'Annunzio,
Pescara, 1993) and in rhythmic music (Rhythmic Music Conservatory,
Copenhagen, 2002). In the past 12 years, he has performed
professionally throughout Europe, in Argentina, Japan and Russia. He
has also studied music in New York with Richie Beirach and in Buenos
Aires with Néstor Marconi. In 2003, he founded the acoustic trio "Band
Au Neon", whose first album "Oltretango" was released in June 2005. His
first album, "Alchemy" ("Splasch" - Feb 2004), was nominated among the
best 5 Danish albums of the year 2004. Since 1996, he has collaborated
with international artists, including Jon Balke, Gianluigi Trovesi,
Pablo Ziegler, Caroline Henderson, Howe Gelb, Stefano Bollani, Paolo
Fresu, Nico Gori, Marie Bergman, Arild Andersen, Danny Gottlieb, Palle
Danielsson, Line Kruse, Andrea Marcelli, Thomas Clausen, Robertinho
Silva, and Marilyn Mazur.
In 2001 Paolo discovered the bandoneòn, which has become crucial in his
productions and live performances. In 2002 he was the main subject for
the documentary film "The illogical instrument", directed by Arun
Sharma. He realized soundtracks for the movies "See you in the future"
and "Polizzi, my little Brooklyn". He plays currently with his trio
Band Au Neon, with Thomas Clausen's New Sextet, with Tango Siempre and
with the RUSSO/BOLLANI/FRESU TRIO.
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