Student Comments
Paulo plays at Carnegie Hall in 2005
with student, Mara MacMahon.
"All my life I have loved the piano and with Paulo’s guidance, I’m finally accomplishing my goal of playing for my own enjoyment. He’s a dedicated teacher who has patiently analyzed my weaknesses and taught me strategies to improve my technique and sound quality. He is the first teacher to properly teach me how to interpret a piece of music. Now, when I perform, music is no longer one dimensional, but three-dimensional."
"Paulo took me to a higher level of music making, a level in which the pianist knows what he wants to say through music, and how he does it."
"Paulo awakened me to my own potential. He taught me how to listen to myself and to produce sounds that I had been striving to hear. In the space of 20 minutes, he helped me correct years of bad technique and achieve a better musical sound. Ultimately, he rekindled my own musical sense of self. Paulo's guidance helped me remember that indeed I can accomplish beautiful musical results."