Enrico Onofri official website
Biography
Violinist and conductor, Enrico grown up in the antique atelier of his parents in Ravenna (Italy), surrounded by the beauty of the past, developing hence a passion for the historical performances since the beginning of his music studies. As a conductor and soloist, he was so led to explore the repertoire from the 17th to the 20th century creating his personal language through the knowledge of the historical praxes, intended as extraordinary sources of inspiration for new ideas and panoramas in interpretation. Invited by Jordi Savall to be the concertmaster of La Capella Real when he was still a student, very soon he found himself working with groups such as Concentus Musicus Wien and Il Giardino Armonico, the ensemble he led as concertmaster and soloist from 1987 to 2010. In 2002 he entered upon a conductor’s career which has brought him great acclaim and numerous invitations from orchestras, opera houses and festivals all over Europe, Japan and Canada.
Enrico is the Principal Conductor of the Filarmonica Toscanini, Associated Conductor of the Münchener Kammerorchester, Artistic Partner Conductor of the Austrian-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonie, Associated Conductor of the Orchestre National d’Auvergne, founder of the Imaginarium Ensemble, music director and conductor of the Real Câmara Baroque Orchestra. In 2019 he's been awarded the F. Abbiati prize as best soloist of the year.
Latest Albums
Concerts & Events
2024
JAN 1 Parma (I) Filarmonica Toscanini, S.Gilford sopr. V.Stadler mezzo, J.Hubbard ten. U.Guagliardo bass, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, M.Faggiani chormaster, E.Onofri cond. [Beethoven, Symphony 9]
JAN 7 Imizu (J) Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, E.Onofri conductor [Leo, Handel, Mozart symphonies and ouvertures]
JAN 18 Madrid (E) Orquestra & Coro de la Radio Television Española, E.Onofri conductor, R.Cid sopr., F.Aspromonte sopr., D.Monaco tenor [Mozart, Symphony 38 “Prague” - Davide Penitente, cantata KV469]
JAN 19 Madrid (E) Orquestra & Coro de la Radio Television Española, E.Onofri conductor, R.Cid sopr., F.Aspromonte sopr., D.Monaco tenor [Mozart, Symphony 38 “Prague” - Davide Penitente, cantata KV469]
JAN 26 - 28 masterclass at Accademia del Tempo Lento
FEB 3 Bochum (D) Bochumer Symphoniker, S.Piau sopr. E. Onofri conductor [Handel’s arias and concertos]
FEB 8 Ourense (E) Real Filharmonia de Galicia, E. Onofri conductor [“Migrantes”: Boccherini, Brunetti, Scarlatti, Avondano: symphonies]
FEB 9 Santiago (E) Real Filharmonia de Galicia, E. Onofri conductor [“Migrantes”: Boccherini, Brunetti, Scarlatti, Avondano: symphonies]
FEB 18 Parma (I) Filarmonica Toscanini, M.A.Nguci piano, E.Onofri cond. [D.Terranova Ricercare*new commission, Mozart Piano concerto KV466, Beethoven Symphony 4]
FEB 19 Bergamo (I) baroque violin seminar at Accademia di Santa Cecilia
FEB 23 - 25 masterclass at Accademia del Tempo Lento
MAR 3 Darmstadt (D) Darmstadt State Orchestra, S.Hofele trump., E.Onofri conductor [Haydn, Hummel, trumpet concertos, Fanny Mendelssohn Ouverture in C, Felix Mendelssohn Italian Symphony]
MAR 8 Salzburg (A) Camerata Salzburg, E.Onofri conductor [Haydn Die sieben letzte Worte, Janacek “Kreutzer-Sonate” orchestra version by F.Lermer]
MAR 10 Salzburg (A) Camerata Salzburg, E.Onofri conductor [Haydn Die sieben letzte Worte, Janacek “Kreutzer-Sonate” orchestra version by F.Lermer]
MAR 15 - 16 masterclass at Accademia del Tempo Lento
MAR 21 Madrid (E) Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, E.Onofri violin & conductor [Vivaldi, Estro Armonico]
MAR 22 Sevilla (E) Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, E.Onofri violin & conductor [Vivaldi, Estro Armonico]
MAR 25-26 historical perf. seminar at Menhuin Academy (CH)
APR 2-7 Munich (D) recording with Münchener Kammerorchester
APR 14 Parma (I) Filarmonica Toscanini, E.Onofri cond. [Rossini Aureliano in Palmira sinfonia,
Beethoven Symphony n. 1, Paër Leonora sinfonia, Beethoven Symphony n. 2]
APR 17 Kanazawa (J) Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, E.Onofri conductor [Leo, Handel, Mozart symphonies and ouvertures]
APR 21 Oslip Cselley (A) Haydn Philharmonie, R.Bieri clarinet, E.Onofri conductor [Haydn symphony 96 “Miracle”, Mozart clarinet concerto, Mozart Symphony 41 “Jupiter”]
APR 24 Madrid (E) Haydn Philharmonie, R.Bieri clarinet, E.Onofri conductor [Haydn symphony 96 “Miracle”, Mozart clarinet concerto, Mozart Symphony 41 “Jupiter”]
APR 27 - 28 masterclass at Accademia del Tempo Lento
MAY 4 Bochum (D) Bochumer Symphoniker, E.Onofri conductor [Telemann suites]
MAY 7-8 historical perf. seminar at Menuhin Academy (CH)
MAY 15 Lugo (E) Real Filharmonia de Galicia, E. Onofri conductor [Cherubini Medea ouverture, Sacchini Chaconne, Kraus Symphony in C minor, Paër Leonora sinfonia, Beethoven Symphony n.4]
MAY 16 Santiago (E) Real Filharmonia de Galicia, E. Onofri conductor [Cherubini Medea ouverture, Sacchini Chaconne, Kraus Symphony in C minor, Paër Leonora sinfonia, Beethoven Symphony n.4]
MAY 24 Clermont Ferrand (F) Orchestre National d’Auvergne, M.C.Chappuis mezzo, E. Onofri conductor [V.Moretto Ex Silentio, new commission, Sacchini Chaconne, Haydn “Ariane à Naxos”, Jommelli Periodical ouverture, Haydn
Symphony “Tempora mutantur”]
JUN 13 Munich (D) Münchener Kammerorchester, P.Kuusisto viol., E.Onofri cond. [Cherubini Medea ouverture, Dessner violin concerto, Beethoven Symphony n3 Eroica]
JUN 18-25 Lisbon (P) recording with Real Câmara Baroque Orchestra
JUL 7 Pisa (I) Imaginarium Ensemble The Sharp Band [Telemann’s violins works “senza basso”]
JUL 10-16 Munich (D) recording with Münchener Kammerorchester
JUL 20-28 Urbino (I) teaching at Early Music Courses Urbino
AUG 4-10 Munich (D) recording with Münchener Kammerorchester
SEPT 5 - OCT 17 conducting at Opernhaus Zürich (CH) [Handel, Serse opera in three acts - N.Russi stage director, E.Onofri conductor, Orchestra La Scintilla, Serse R.Pe, Arsamene Ch.Dumaux, Amastre N.Beinart, Romilda A.El-Khashem, Atalanta M.Kutrowatz, Ariodate M.Sebestyén, Elviro G.Feldmann
OCT 9-15 conducting Theresia Orchestra [program and dates to be announced]
OCT 25-27 masterclass at Accademia del Tempo Lento
OCT 31 - NOV 3 Prague (CZ) orchestra masterclass at Collegium Marianum Music Centre
NOV 15 Clermont-Ferrand (F) Orchestre National d’Auvergne, E.Onofri conductor [program to be announced]
DEC 1 Parma (I) Filarmonica Toscanini, E.Onofri conductor [program and dates to be announced]
DEC Bremen (I) Bremen Philharmonic, E.Onofri conductor [program and dates to be announced]
Enrico Onofri Contacts
• E.Onofri conductor World: Elisabetta Longardi - Studio Longardi
e.longardi@studiolongardi.com
• E.Onofri conductor Spain: Carlos Magán - ACM Concerts
acmconcerts@gmail.com
• E.Onofri other projects: please fill the form on the right
• Imaginarium Ensemble Italia: Maura Riacci riaccimaura@gmail.com
• Accademia del Tempo Lento mastersanleo@gmail.com
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