Piéjus Anne

Anne Piéjus is a CNRS Researcher specializing in Early Modern Music, with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches integrating literature, theater, history, and digital humanities. She leads the Mercure galant program, producing enriched editions of music, text, and images while advancing digital methodologies in musicology. Her research includes studies on Italian Renaissance music, French Baroque theater, and music's role in education and devotion.

Positions:

• 1st Class Research Director at CNRS-IReMus (2021–present)
• Formerly at the Paris Philharmony (2001–2002) and University of Fribourg (2001–2002)
• Fellowships: Villa Medici (Rome, 1998–2000), Thiers Foundation (1995–1998)

Research Interests: Music in early modern press, theater, and education; sacred music in Renaissance Rome; digital humanities; music and politics; interdisciplinary performance studies.

Awards:

• Thorlet Prize (2015), Alfred Verdaguer Prize (2015)
• Prime d'Encadrement de Recherche (2016, 2020)
• Prix des Muses (2001)

Advising & Grants: Supervises graduate students in the Doctoral School “Concepts et langages”; led ANR-funded research on school spectacles under the Ancien Régime.

Labs/Teams: Heads the Mercure galant program and co-founded the European seminar Building Relationships in a Changing World.