Emanuele Marconi is the new conservator for the National Music Museum of Vermillion, South Dakota. A native of Milan, Italy, Marconi has worked previously in conservation and curation at institutions and organizations including the Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, Switzerland, the Musée de la musique, in Paris, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Correr Museum in Venice, the Department of Cultural Heritage of Regione Lombardia in Milan, and the Milan Museum of Musical Instruments. Marconi has also been an instructor of lutherie at the School of Lutherie, Milan, and is a maker of classical guitars.
Marconi earned a diploma as a restorer, then earned a bachelor of arts degree in preservation of historical and musical heritage from the University of Bologna, followed by a master of arts in conservation-restoration of cultural property from the Sorbonne in Paris. His main scholarly research is in the history of restoration of musical instruments. He has participated in numerous conferences and has published and presented on a variety of organological topics.
Marconi will also teach musical-instrument conservation as part of the National Music Museum’s and University of South Dakota’s History of Musical Instruments master’s degree program. In his NMM work, Marconi will assume many of the responsibilities previously carried out by former conservator John Koster, who recently retired after a 24-year tenure.
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