Paolo Rinaldi is an award winning Steinway Artist and Fellow of Trinity College London. He was born in Italy to accomplished musicians and pedagogues. After completing his Bachelor in Music in Mantova (Italy) with honours, he moved to London where he completed his Masters in Music and Post Masters Studies with Distinction at Trinity Laban Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music.

Paolo has won numerous competitions including the John Longmire Piano Competition, the Elizabeth Schumann Lieder Duo Competition and the Alfred Kitchin Piano Competition, all in London. In 2019, he was a winner of the Elite Piano Competition of North London International Music Festival and was awarded the David Gosling Prize given to an “Outstanding Pianist” by Trinity Laban.

Paolo has given over 100 recitals in Europe and Worldwide. Venues in London include the Steinway Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Conway Hall, Athenaeum Club, Regent Hall, St. James’s Piccadilly, Southwark Cathedral, St Giles’ Cathedral and the Great Blackheath Halls. He also performed for important associations including the Beethoven Society of Europe and recently at the Wiener Saal in Salzburg, Austria and went on tour in India performing in prestigious venues including the National Centre of the Performing Arts. He is great demand in Italy and the U.K. as concert soloist.

Paolo is also passionate about passing on the right musical knowledge to the next generation and apart from his private teaching practice is also invited across Europe to music festivals as an adjudicator and to hold masterclasses.