Paul Valikoski studied at the Glenn Gould Conservatory in Toronto under Mark Fewer. In 2002 he was concertmaster of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. From 2002 to 2005 he played with the Hamilton Philharmonic as well as the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra among other Canadian Orchestras. He also performed as a member of Symphony in the Barn, a music festival created in the context of living and working on a biodynamic farm. From 2004 to 2006 he was a member of the Northern Lights Music Festival chamber orchestra in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2005 he played with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in New Zealand. Since 2006 he lives and works in Berlin. Interested in collaborative and new music settings Paul plays as a member of Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, as a guest with Ensemble Resonanz in Hamburg and other chamber groups. Additionally he also composes and does sound design for the projects of Kaleidoskop and other groups. He has collaborated among others with Susanne Kennedy, Martin Eder, Sasha Waltz & Guests, FC Bergman, Sabrina Hölzer, Mouse on Mars and Georg Nussbaumer.