Paulo Miklos

Paulo Miklos
Paulo Miklos at the 2013 Virada Cultural Paulista in Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Background information
Birth name	Paulo Roberto de Souza Miklos
Born	(1959-01-21) January 21, 1959 (age 58) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Genres	Rock, alternative rock, post-punk, new wave, punk rock, Brazilian rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, composer, songwriter, actor
Instruments	Vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, saxophone, harmonica, keyboards, mandolin, banjo
Years active	1979–present
Associated acts	Bom Quixote Sossega Leão Banda Performática Titãs

Paulo Roberto de Souza Miklos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈmiklus], born on January 21, 1959, in São Paulo) is a multi-instrumentalist, musician and actor from Brazil. He is best known for his works for the band Titãs, which he was a member since its beginning, in 1981, til 2016, when he left it to focus on personal projects. Singing and playing the guitar, the harmonica and the sax are some of his most notable contributions for the band. As an actor, he has appeared a few times on the movies and on the television. His most notable work is Anísio, at the movie O Invasor.

During his childhood, he learned to play the piano, the sax and the transverse flute. When he turned 12, he was given his first acoustic guitar, and decided to become a musician. He made it to play almost every instrument he could put his hands on, being influenced by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and the Tropicália movement.

At high school, he started to create his own songs with his classmate Arnaldo Antunes. This partnership would later become Titãs. His professional debut happened on a TV Tupi music festival, in 1979, when he made an arrangement for a reggae song by Chico Evangelista. From small solo shows at bars to performances with bands like Bom Quixote, Sossega Leão and Banda Performática, he established his name in the local musical scene. Some well-known names in São Paulo, like Arrigo Barnabé, asked him to play with them.

After concluding high school at the Equipe school, he entered Philosophy at Pontifícia Universidade Católica and Psychology at Mogi Mirim. But after a few classes, he quit. So he entered the Music course of Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA) (Art and Communication School) of University of São Paulo, but as the course was strongly focused on classical music, he quit it too.