Paulo Oliveira completed his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in 2009 at the University of Kansas, supported by a scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). He also holds a Master’s degree in Music Teaching from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Kansas, where he was awarded a Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation scholarship. Paulo has received numerous awards in national and international piano competitions, including the Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition, the First Prize at the Bartók-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition, the Second Prize at the Estoril Competition, and the First Prize at the 2010 Young Artists Festival-Chopin Prize. He was also the winner of the Kansas University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. As a performer, Paulo has given solo, chamber, and orchestral concerts at major venues and festivals across Europe, North America, and South America. He has recorded for Portuguese Radio and Television (RTP), Radio France, and Catalunya Radio, and has premiered several contemporary works. His appearances as a soloist include performances with the Kansas University Symphony Orchestra, the Espinho Classical Orchestra, the Algarve Orchestra, the North Orchestra, the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, and the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors such as Nicholas Uljanov, Steven McDonald, Pedro Neves, Jean-Marc Burfin, Ferreira Lobo, Cesário Costa, and Daniel Klajner. In addition to his concert career, Paulo is an active academic and educator. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Piano at the Department of Communication and Art at the University of Aveiro in Portugal. He has previously taught at Lisbon's National Conservatory, the Piaget Institute, and the National Academy of Advanced Orchestral Studies–Metropolitana, where he served as department coordinator. Paulo has also served as a jury member in several national and international piano competitions and is regularly invited to give masterclasses in Portugal and abroad. A board member of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) Portugal, Paulo released the CD Iberian Impressions through Odradek Records, which earned a Global Music Award in the Classical Piano category in the USA. His most recent recording, Beethoven 250+4, released in 2024, celebrates the legacy of the German master and the transmission of knowledge through the generations. Among his upcoming projects is the revision, critical edition, and recording of the works for piano and orchestra by Armando José Fernandes.