On episode 66 of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso interview Paulo Lameiro, a musician, educator and musicologist, based in his hometown of Leiria, Portugal.
A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITY
EPISODE 66 | JULY 17 | 2026
PARTICIPANTS
Arlene Goldbard | Paulo Lameiro | François Matarasso
COMMENTARY
Paulo Lameiro is a portuguese musicologist, educator, communicator and creator from Leiria. After a brief career as a Baritone, with solo performances at the São Carlos National Theatre in Lisbon, he dedicated himself to teaching and took on the administration of several music schools, including the Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa (Lisbon National Conservatory), the Orfeão de Leiria (Leiria Choral Society) and the SAMP arts school in the village of Pousos. It’s from this village, where he was born, that he has been developing, since 1992, projects of artistic production and education for early childhood, with special reference to Cradle of Arts, Musicians on Nappies and Concerts for Babies.
Recently, he became interested in organizing artistic practices with the community, with special reference to projects such as Opera in Prison, with inmates, New Springs for the elderly, Il Trovatore or the Roma of the Lis with Romani communities. He was a founding member and part of the first Scientific Council of the Institute of Ethnomusicology of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, at Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
For decades, he has led Concertos para Bebes (Concerts for Babies), an amazing ongoing series of interactive performances by professional musicians, created to engage very young children in music. The center of his work currently involves collaboration with communities including incarcerated youth and Romani communities.
REFERENCES
About Paulo Lameiro https://rhi-think.com/person/266/Paulo-Lameiros
Concertos para Bebes website https://www.concertosparabebes.com/en/
Concertos para Bebes YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/iapapaprrr
Paulo Lameiro on Radio Ara: setting up a music project in prison https://www.radioara.org/episodes/dive-in-with-eme-paulo-lameiro/
