Sound, Craft, and Culture: Curating Instrumental Heritage with Professor Gabriele Rossi Rognoni

In this episode, I’m joined by Professor Gabriele Rossi Rognoni, curator of the Royal College of Music Museum, London, for a wide-ranging conversation. Drawing on his experience developing and re-imagining musical instrument museums across Europe, Professor Rossi Rognoni reflects on how collections can tell richer stories about sound, craft, and cultural exchange. We explore the evolving role of instrument museums in the twenty-first century. It’s a thoughtful discussion on how objects, music, and audiences meet—and how museums can bring instruments meaningfully to life.