The Brazilian guitarist, Paulo Pedrassoli has been unanimously applauded by both critics and public ever since his triumphal performance at the V VILLA-LOBOS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION in 1992. Today, at 29 Paulo is master of his own personalized style, distinguished by his extraordinary reverberance. In Brazil he was a pupil of Ricardo Wolff, Leo Soares and Henrique Pinto. His studies have also taken him to Italy where he studied with Luigi Mercuri. Seven times prize-winner in competitions, notably: 1st Prize and “Best Interpreter of Brazilian Music” award in the V VILLA-LOBOS NATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION in 1990. In 1992, he won 2nd prize in the V VILLA-LOBOS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION (Rio). He participated in the 5th Eldorado Prize Competition (São Paulo) and in the “42nd Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD” in Munich. Paulo has performed Joaquín Rodrigo's “Concierto de Aranjuez” and Villa-Lobos' “Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra” with leading Brazilian orchestras. He has also recorded national programs for TVE - Educational Television (Rio de Janeiro) and TV Cultura - Cultural TV (São Paulo) and most recently in the XI Bienal de Música Contemporânea (RJ). His International début, a recital in the Bibliotheksaal des Klosters Wiblingen in Ulm, Germany in 1995 was a huge success. (Having to return to the stage 5 times.)