Paulo Esteireiro is the President of the Conservatory – School of the Arts of Madeira, a senior executive position (Dirigente Superior de 1.º Grau - Senior Executive Officer – First Grade), equivalent in status to that of a Regional Director within the public administration framework. He holds a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree in Musical Sciences from NOVA University Lisbon, having received unanimous highest honors for both his master’s and doctoral dissertations. He is the author of several publications, including 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 coordinates the Madeira Music Collection, an editorial series that has published eleven CD-ROMs featuring historical Madeiran musical works. He has contributed articles to both national and international scientific journals and has presented papers at specialized conferences in Portugal, Austria, Poland, Brazil, Cape Verde, Estonia, Italy, Sweden, and Scotland. Paulo Esteireiro is the editor of the Portuguese Journal of Artistic Education and has served as an external reviewer for international conferences and academic journals. His academic career includes teaching positions at the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (2008–2012), the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (2002–2005), and ISCE (2008–2014). He also taught at the Almada Professional School of Music and served as Pedagogical Director of the Musical Academy of Graciosa Island. As a classical guitar teacher, he worked with LAQ Musical Academy, Foco Musical, and the Coordinating Office for Artistic Education. His work as a music critic and promoter has been featured in various periodicals, including Opera Actual (Spain), Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias, Diário de Notícias da Madeira, and Jornal da Madeira. He was the creator and coordinator of the RTP-Madeira documentary series Madeiran Musicians (12 episodes). He is an integrated researcher at the Center for the Study of the Sociology and Aesthetics of Music (NOVA/FCSH), a collaborating researcher at the Institute of Ethnomusicology – Center for the Study of Music and Dance (INET-md), and the Center for Regional and Local Studies (University of Madeira), as well as a member of the research group “Interdisciplinary Studies in Musical Sciences” at the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil.