Pianist, Lucia Marchi received her piano performance degree from the Conservatory of Como, Italy, and her Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Pavia, Italy. Her research focuses on the text-music relationship of medieval and Renaissance music and Italian opera.

Recently she published a critical edition of Marc’Antonio Ingegneri’s First Book of Madrigals for Four Voices on texts by Petrarca, Poliziano, Tasso and Girolamo Parabosco. She has written several articles that have appeared in a number of international journals, including Acta Musicologica, Recercare, and Essays in Medieval Studies.

Prior to coming to Northeastern, she taught at the University of Notre Dame, DePaul University, Concordia University, and Northwestern University.