Principal conductor of the Filarmonica Toscanini in Parma, principal guest conductor of the Haydn Philharmonie in Eisenstadt, associated conductor of the Orchestre National d’Auvergne, from 2022 Associated Conductor of the Münchener Kammerorchester, music director and conductor of the Academia Montis Regalis orchestra, Enrico grown up in the antique atelier of his parents in Ravenna (Italy), surrounded by the beauty of the past since the beginning of his music studies, developing hence a passion for the historical performances. 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.

His career started with an invitation from Jordi Savall to take the place of principal violin in the group La Capella Reial de Catalunya, when he was still a student. After that, he quickly started working with groups like Concentus Musicus Wien, Ensemble Mosaïques or Il Giardino Armonico, the ensemble he led as concertmaster and soloist from 1987 to 2010. In 2002, he began his career as a conductor, earning him many critical acclaim and numerous invitations from orchestras, opera houses and festivals in Europe, Japan and Canada. From 2004 to 2013, he was the principal conductor of the Divino Sospiro, in Lisbon, since 2006 he has been the principal guest conductor of the Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, and, from 2021, he is the principal conductor of the Real Câmara Baroque Orchestra in Lisbon.

He also received invitations to be conductor or conductor in residence from orchestras such as Akademie für Alte Musik, Camerata Bern, Festival Strings Lucerne, Kammerorchester Basel, Bochumer Symphoniker, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Tafelmusik Toronto, Filarmonica Toscanini, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, Orchester de l’Opéra de Lyon, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Metropolitan Orchestra of Lisbon, Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Riga Sinfonietta, among others. In the opera field, he conducted opera productions at the Opéra de Lyon, Teatro de la Maestranza of Sevilla, Torino Teatro Regio, Halle Staatstheater, among others, working with stage directors such as Alessio Pizzech, Mariame Clément, David Marton, Stephen Lawless.

He is a founding member of the Imaginarium Ensemble chamber group, which is dedicated to perform the great Italian solo violin repertoire from the early Baroque until the Age of the Enlightenment. Imaginarium Ensemble’s CDs have been awarded many prizes. Among them, the prestigious French Diapason d’or de l’année 2020 for “Into Nature, Vivaldi’s Seasons and other sounds from Mother Earth”.

Enrico Onofri has performed in the most famous concert halls in the world, including Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Philarmonie and Unter den Linden Opera in Berlin, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Wigmore Hall and Barbican in London, Tonhalle in Zurich, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Oji Hall in Tokyo, Osaka Symphony Hall, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires , alongside artists such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt, Christophe Coin, Cecilia Bartoli, Katia and Marielle Labèque, etc. Many of his recordings for labels like Teldec, Decca, Astrée, Naïve, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Sony, Passacaille, Nichion, Pentatone, Winter & Winter, Opus 111, Virgin, Zig Zag Territoires, etc., received prestigious international awards, such as Gramophone Award, Grand Prix des Discophiles, Echo-Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, Premio Caecilia, Premio Fondazione Cini of Venice, La Nouvelle Academie du Disque and numerous Diapason d’Or, Choc de la Musique, 10 de Répertoire des disques compacts. 

Enrico Onofri has been professor of baroque violin and interpretation of baroque music at Conservatorio di Musica Alessandro Scarlatti, in Palermo, since 1999 and, currently, at Conservatorio Gioachino Rossini, in Pesaro. He is invited to masterclasses throughout Europe, Canada, USA (Juilliard School, New York) and Japan. He is tutor and guest conductor at EUBO (European Union Baroque Orchestra). In 2019, he received the F. Abbiati award for best soloist of the year.