Agnese Pavanello studied musicology at the universities of Pavia, Regensburg, Freiburg im Br., and Basel, and at the university of Fribourg, where she was awarded a Ph.D. in musicology.
After working as a musicological assistant at the universities of Salzburg and Vienna (Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst) and publishing articles, editions of instrumental music (Corelli, Tartini, Locatelli, Bonporti) and a book about Roman ‘concerti grossi’, she was a member of staff for the Gaspar van Weerbeke Edition and editor of Gaspar van Weerbeke’s masses and motets.
Since 2012 she has been working in the Research Department of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel (Musik-Akademie Basel / Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz) with teaching and research assignments.
During that time she was also responsible for two large projects: SNF-Forschungsprojekt „Polifonia Sforzesca“ and the „Motet Cycles Database“. From April 2025 she will participate in the Weave-Projekt on Tartinis School of Nations.