Paolo is an Italian born musician (Accordion, Piano, Singing), composer, teacher, actor and performer. He is a highly accomplished piano accordionist based permanently in Sydney. Versatile personality with many talents, and many years of experience. In the past 10 years he’s been performing in a variety of venues in Sydney, as well as Interstate: in Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Hobart.
Paolo started studying piano accordion when he was 8, and at the age of 11 he composed his first original piece for accordion. He graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts (Painting) in 2001, and at the Conservatory of Music (Concert Piano Accordion) in 2004.
As a solo musician, as well as in several different ensembles, he has performed playing various styles of music: classical, pop, folk, Balkan, Klezmer, jazz, soul and funk, with accordion and piano. For the past 10 years he’s been specializing in French-themed, Italian-themed and general European entertainment, in solo version or in duo with a singer, at restaurants, festivals, markets, special events, Bastille Day Celebrations. In 2016 Paolo made his appearance in the Morning show “Today” on Channel 9 for a French segment, and the Production comment was: “that of Paolo was a fantastic entertainment!”. After that, many more followed for Channel 10: last,s in chronologic order: Celebration of 1 year countdown Ceremony to the Opening of Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at Qantas Headquarters, July 26 2023.

Paolo also holds other talents, such as acting and singing. He has performed in plays, musical (just to mention a noteworthy one: “The Rocky Horror Show”, in the role of Riff Raff) and comedies, as well as voice-overs for several TV commercials and short films in his Country.

You can also find a variety of his arrangements and original compositions for Piano and Piano Accordion, for all levels and styles, uploaded on the SheetMusicPlus platform.