Severiano Paoli graduated in double bass at the Istituto Musicale L. Boccherini (Lucca) with M. Gabriele Ragghianti. He then studied at the Prins Claus Conservatorium (Groningen, NL) and with Wolfgang Güttler (SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg). He has also attended masterclasses with Thierry Barbè (principal double bass of the Opera orchestra, Paris), Rinat Ibragimov (London Symphony Orchestra), Dorin Marc (Munchner Philarmonie), and Catalin Rotaru. He has studied early music praxis with Margaret Urquhart (Het Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag, Het Conservatorium van Amsterdam) and Robert Franenberg (Rotterdam Philarmonisch Orkest, Nederland Bach Vereniging). He collaborates with various orchestras and ensembles including La Sfera Armoniosa (Alkmaar), Orfeo 55 (Metz), Anima Aeterna (Brugge), Capriola di gioia (Bruges), Margaretha Consort, Auser Musici (Pisa), the Noordpool Orchestra (Groningen), the Nederland Philarmonisch Orkest (Amsterdam), the Festival Puccini Orchestra (Torre del Lago), l’orchestra Bruno Maderna (Forli’), Orchestra Arche’ (Pisa), and Camerata Strumentale Citta’ di Prato. He participated in the recording of the Dutch Master cycle with La Sfera Armoniosa for Challenge Classics. He also collaborated with the ensemble Auser Musici in the recording of the opera "Il Bajazet" by Francesco Gasparini for Glossa Music during the Opera Barga Festival 2014, and in the modern premiere of Il Girello by Jacopo Melani in 2017. In 2018, he won the historically informed performance competition during the Viennese bass days in Amsterdam. Severiano is also an active teacher. He has given masterclasses about both historical and modern bass at important institutions and festivals worldwide, including the BassEurope 2018, the Louisiana bass fest 2023, and the Aula Latinoamericana de Contrabajo. Since 2018, he has been a Leatherwood Bespoke Rosin endorsed artist.