Zoltan Paulinyi (1977), Brazilian violinist and composer. Pupil of violinist Ricardo Giannetti and composer Oiliam Lanna. Bachelor in Physics (Federal University of Minas Gerais, 1999), Master degree in Music (University of Brasília, 2010), new research in composition (2010—) supervised by Christopher Bochmann. He also took classes with violinists Ruggiero Ricci, Leopold La Fosse, Sidney Harth, Manfred Kramer, Micaela Comberti and Luís Otávio; composers Oscar Edelstein, Harry Crowl, among others.
As a violinist, he was the winner of the Goiânia National Competition (UFGO, 2002) and he was given the Pro-Música Award "Outstanding" by the Minas Gerais press critics in 1998.
Many of his works were premiered at Oradea Festival (2002) and appeared in recordings (Duo Magyar 2002, CD Images 2008, Vibrações Variantes 2010, TV Senado 2008). His works were selected for the Funarte Music Biennial (Rio de Janeiro 2005, 2009)
Violinist at the National Theatre Symphonic Orchestra (2000—), principal of violas (2009) and violins (2007, 2010). Married to Iracema Simon, whith whom directs the SPES International Program for Music Exchange.