Paolo Pietropaolo is a

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radio host, producer, writer and musician based in

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. Since January 2012, he has been the host of ''In Concert'', a weekend classical music program on

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, September 26, 2013. He is the creator of '' The Signature Series'', which explores the personalities of the key signatures in western music. He also co-created the successful and award-winning documentary series ''The Wire'', along with Jowi Taylor and Chris Brookes. In 2006, Pietropaolo was the cultural correspondent in both English and French for CBC and Radio-Canada's television coverage of the

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. Prior to his career in radio, Pietropaolo studied ethnomusicology at the

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, and toured extensively in North America in a taiko drumming group led by Kiyoshi Nagata. In addition to his work as a broadcaster, he composes music for theatre and for his radio programs.

Awards

Pietropaolo is a two-time winner of the

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."CBC Radio 2 host Paolo Pietropaolo fêted for excellent series on the keys of music"
''Musical Toronto'', September 26, 2013. In 2005, his series ''The Wire'', the impact of electricity on music, won a Prix Italia, a

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, and a Director's Choice award at the

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in Chicago. He won a second Prix Italia in 2013 for ''The Signature Series''.

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1976 births Living people CBC Radio hosts Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian composers Canadian male composers Musicians from Vancouver Classical music radio presenters {{Canada-radio-bio-stub