Dr Luigi Collarile studied in Padua (Laurea in Lettere and MA in Organ), in Basel (Diplom für Alte Musik in Organ at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis) and in Fribourg (PhD in Musicology). He was research fellow at the Universities of Basel and Fribourg in projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and at the Stiftsarchiv St.Gallen. He taught as visiting professor at the Universities of Basel, Geneva, Roma Tor Vergata, Venice and at the High Music School of Lausanne (in Fribourg). In 2017 he obtained the Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (Italy). Currently, he is research fellow in the SNF Research Project «Vicentino21» (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis FHNW) and teaches history of sacred music at the Bern University of the Arts (BFH).

His main research interests concern to the musical life of the early modern Venice, the relationship between music and literature in the Renaissance, the sonic culture  of the Grand Tour, the history of music book. His studies have appeared in international journals (Studi Musicali, Rivista Italiana di Musicologia, Recercare, Revue de Musicolgie, Schweizer Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft, Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch etc.) and in several scientific series (Peter Lang, Brepols, Classiques Garnier, Istituto Italiano per la Storia della Musica etc.). With David Bryant he is scientific editor of the series 'Venetian Music Studies' (Brepols) and of the digital platform ‘Venetian Music Online’ (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice).