Paulo Esteireiro is the Director of Research, Communication, Publications, and Training Services at the Conservatory - Professional School of the Arts of Madeira. He holds a bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree in Musical Sciences from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, having obtained the highest honors unanimously in both his master's and doctoral studies. Among his publications are "History of Music in Madeira," "A Social History of the Piano," "Performing Arts in Madeira," "Musicians Interpret Camões," "Studies on Education and Culture," "50 Stories of Musicians in Madeira," "10 New Compositions for Braguinha," "Regionalization of the Music Education Syllabus," "10 Dances for Braguinha," and "10 Classical Pieces for Braguinha." He is the coordinator of the Madeira Music Collection, an editorial series that has published eleven CD-ROMs featuring historical Madeiran musical works. He has written articles for national and international scientific journals and has presented papers at specialized conferences in Portugal, Austria, Poland, Brazil, Cape Verde, Estonia, Italy, Sweden, and Scotland. He is the editor of the Portuguese Journal of Artistic Education and has served as an external evaluator for international conferences and Portuguese and foreign academic journals. He was an assistant at the ESE de Setúbal (2008-2012), ESE de Bragança (2002-2005), and an adjunct professor at ISCE (2008-2014). He taught at the Professional School of Music in Almada and was the Pedagogical Director of the Musical Academy of Graciosa Island. He was a guitar teacher at the LAQ Musical Academy, Foco Musical, and the Coordinating Office for Artistic Education. He has collaborated as a music critic and promoter in various periodicals, such as the Spanish magazine Opera Actual (2000-2012), Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias (2000-2007), Diário de Notícias da Madeira (2005-2010), and Jornal da Madeira (2010-2017). He was the author and coordinator of the documentary series "Madeiran Musicians" for RTP-Madeira (12 documentaries). He is an integrated researcher at the Center for Studies in Sociology and Musical Aesthetics (UNL/FCSH), a Collaborating Researcher at the Institute of Ethnomusicology - Center for Studies in Music and Dance (INET-md), the Center for Research in Regional and Local Studies (UMa), and a member of the Research Group "Interdisciplinary Studies in Musical Sciences" at the Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil).