Paul Csige was born in Santa Ana California in 1982. Paul moved to Hawaii when he was three. His mother was American and his father was Hungarian. As a boy, Paul would memorize and perform entire movies for friends and family. In his early teens, he studied ukulele and piano. At the age of 15 he began his formal study of classical music at the Frantz Liszt Music Academy in Debrecen, Hungary.Csige entered the Berklee College of Music and pursued a double major in film scoring and music synthesis. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2004.
