Pianist Paul Schwartz has performed more than eight hundred recitals in the United States, Canada, and South America. Mr. Schwartz formerly worked at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. While in Miami, his collaborators have included Helmuth Rilling, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Corigliano, Joe Alessi, Massimo LaRosa, Richard Todd, Trudy Kane, Craig Morris, among others. Mr. Schwartz previously resided in Manhattan where he coached singers and instrumentalists as well as performed and played masterclasses with Luciano Pavarotti, Alex Klein, Patrick Sheridan, Thomas Stacy, Fred Mills, Janet Bookspan, Robert McDonald, and Joseph Seiger. He served as rehearsal pianist under the baton of Sir Colin Davis, Gerard Schwartz, and Vladimir Spivakov and worked with artists Steven Isserlis, Sheri Greenawald, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, and Mark Oswald. Mr. Schwartz coaches artists, drawing upon his knowledge in transpersonal psychology among other modalities that aid in spiritual growth and freedom of expression. He graduated from Manhattan School of Music.