From a young age, Paul has had a passion for music, especially percussion. As an active solo performer, he achieved multiple successes in international competitions, including the Dutch Championships, the prestigious Princess Christina Competition and the World Music Contest. He performed many concerts on stages in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and China. In his career, he took part in masterclasses, among others, by Lennard Nijs, Martin Grubinger, Pedro Carneiro, Nanae Mimura, Fumito Nunoya and Nebojša Jovan Živković.

In 2014 he performed a concert with the famous performing artist Herman van Veen and gave a solo concert during the Prinsjesbal, on the occasion of Prinsjesdag. In addition, Paul was one of the percussionists of the Orkest van Nederland. The year was concluded with a concert tour to Shanghai, China, where Paul gave several concerts as a soloist with the St.-Joseph Wind Orchestra.

Paul worked together with people such as Wibi Soerjadi, Joost Vrouenraets, Martijn Krabbé, Dominic Seldis and others. He gained orchestral experience under the baton of Jan Willem de Vriend, Alex Schillings, Jan Cober, Jussi Jaatinen and Björn Bus.