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Enrico Onofri was born in Ravenna, Italy.
While still a student he was invited by J.Savall as concertmaster of La Capella Reial,
and also performed with such ensembles as Concentus Musicus Wien, Ensemble Mosaïques,
and Concerto Italiano.
He has been concertmaster and solo violinist of Il Giardino Armonico since 1987.
Since 2002 Enrico Onofri has also appeared with great success as a conductor,
receiving invitations from orchestras and festivals throughout Europe and in Japan.
In 2005 he became principal conductor of Divino Sospiro (the resident Baroque orchestra at CCB in Lisbon).
In 2000 he founded the chamber ensemble Imaginarium.
E.Onofri has performed in the world’s foremost concert halls alongside such artists as N.Harnoncourt,
G.Leonhardt, C.Coin, C.Bartoli, K.&M.Labèque.
Many titles in his extensive discography (Teldec, Decca, Naive, Zig Zag, Winter&Winter, Opus111, etc.)
have received the most prestigious international prizes.
Since 2000 he has taught Baroque violin and Baroque performing practice at the Conservatorio Bellini in Palermo.
He is regularly invited to give masterclasses elsewhere in Europe and Japan;
in 2011 the Juilliard School invited him to teach a masterclass in New York.
