Vincenzo Borghetti

Vincenzo Borghetti is an Associate Professor of Music History at the University of Verona, Italy, where he has been employed since 2008, first as a Lecturer ("ricercatore") until 2017, then promoted to his current position. He previously held teaching positions at the University of Vienna (2015-2016) and was a Lila Wallace–Reader's Digest Fellow at Villa I Tatti, Harvard's Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence (2007-2008). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pavia-Cremona in 2001.

His scholarly work centers on Renaissance polyphony and early twentieth-century opera, with particular expertise in music philology, court culture, and the intersection of music with visual arts and literature. Borghetti has made significant contributions to Rossini scholarship through his critical edition of Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra (2016) for the Fondazione Rossini's critical edition series.

Borghetti's publications appear in leading journals including Early Music History, Acta musicologica, Journal of the Alamire Foundation, and Imago Musicae. His research demonstrates consistent engagement with both historical musicology and interdisciplinary approaches connecting music to broader cultural contexts.

• Gabriele D'Annunzio Award (1998) for co-authored monograph Il bacio della Sfinge: D'Annunzio, Pizzetti e "Fedra"
• Grant from Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (2018) for organizing the International Conference "Books, Images, Objects: The Media of Secular Music in the Medieval and Early Modern Period"

As an active scholar in musicology, Borghetti contributes to major reference works including the Handbuch der Musik der Renaissance, demonstrating his standing in the international academic community. His work bridges historical musicology with cultural studies, offering nuanced interpretations of musical practices within their broader social and intellectual contexts.