Paolo Olmi studied under Massimo Pradella and Franco Ferrara in Rome.  Since making his operatic debut in 1986 at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna he has conducted in many of the major concert halls and opera throughout the world including Europe, North and South America, Australia and Asia. His huge repertoire includes all the Verdi's operas and masterpieces by Rossini, Puccini, Ponchielli, Giordano, Donizetti, Bellini, Mozart, Cilea, Gounod, Kurt Weil. He teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Future plans: L’Italiana in Algeri and a concert at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna; Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Opera National de Bordeaux; Don Pasquale at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.

He will also conduct concerts with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife in Tenerife and with the Israel Symphony Orchestra in Rishon LeZion