Paulo Pedrassoli is a concertist and guitar professor at Escola de Música of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. He obtained the title of Doctor (PhD) in Music in 2017, at Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal), with the thesis “Tácito e Explícito em Villa-Lobos: notação e performance das obras para violão solo”. He has performed in all five continents , with concerts in Germany, Australia, Barbados, Brazil, United States, France, India, Japan, Morocco, Paraguay and Portugal. Highlights of his career include performances as a soloist with the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra (conducted by Naoto Otomo), Orquestra Sinfônica Petrobrás (conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky) and Orquestra Sinfônica Nacional (conducted by Henrique Morelenbaum). His discography includes the album Heitor Villa-Lobos: Obra Integral para Violão Solo, endorsed by critics as “a wonderful work” (The Absolute Sound - New York) and “a world-class performance […] that could serve as a reference for all the others"(Classical Guitar - London).