At the age of 20 he became the first cellist of the Rai Orchestra in Rome and he entered the prestigious group I Musici, he still performs with as a soloist in the most important theatres all over the world. His natural musicality and his stylistic precision have been appreciated in Vienna, London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Prague since the Eighties. Many famous artists choose him as a partner for recordings and concerts: one of his most successful records is Heinz Holliger playing string quartets. Then, he was 21 and the record is still included into Denon catalogue. His repertoire runs over three centuries of music; so is his awarded discography (Philips Classics, Bongiovanni, Dynamic, Nuova Era, Denon). During his twenty-year-old career as a cellist he has been reviewed many times, such as: “An extraordinary sensible artist” (Rude Pravo, Prague 1980); “And so magically, he made prestidigitation tricks altering voice to half voice” (The Times, London, 1986); “It was the bright ray” (Frankfurter Rundschau, 1987); “The most surprising” (Die Presse, Vienna 1987); “flashing impact … warm and intense sound” (Musicalia, 1996); “Vito Paternoster’s concert, a true lesson of cellist art” (Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, Bari 2000). He recorded for the Roman label “Musicaimmagine” Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for violin performed on cello from a hand-written document of the 18th century (first world recording and already at the second edition) and Bach’s Six Suites for cello solo. This record has given him fame on the world press.