Paul Zientara

Paul Zientara is a violist whose career as a soloist and chamber musician has developed with remarkable speed since his teenage years. He has built a reputation in France and internationally through competition prizes, recordings on major labels, and collaborations with some of the most prominent artists on the European classical music scene. A nominee for the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2025 in the Instrumental Soloist Revelation category, his trajectory reflects both the breadth of his musical interests and the depth of his engagement with the viola repertoire, from the Baroque era through works composed expressly for him by living composers. In 2025, Zientara released Brahms, a duo album of Brahms's two viola and piano sonatas with pianist Arthur Hinnewinkel.