Paul Cantelon (born December 25, 1959) is an American composer of contemporary classical music, a film score composer and an actor [1] He is also a violinist, pianist, and accordionist, and a founding member of the American alternative band Wild Colonials.
Cantelon was born in Glendale, California. He was a music prodigy who made his violin debut at the age of 13 at UCLA's Royce Hall. Inspired by the work of Donalee Reubenet, he started piano studies. He studied with Andre Gauthier at the Geneva Conservatory of Music in Switzerland, Jacob Lateiner at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, and Vlado Perlemuter at the Conservatoire de Paris.