Paul Pinto can currently be seen as Balaga in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. He is a composer, writer and multi-disciplinary performer. He founded the experimental music ensembles thingNY and Varispeed. Paul released his minis/Trajectories featuring eight verbose chamber compositions. Paul is an avid interpreter of the weird, recently playing the lead in Eight Songs for a Mad King, and often arranging and performing the works of Robert Ashley. His psychedelic electronic opera, Thomas Paine in Violence, premieres at the HERE Arts Center for November 2017 starring Joan La Barbara. pfpinto.com