Enrico Maria Cacciari studied piano at the conservatories of Bologna and Milan as well as chamber music in Fiesole with Dario De Rosa and Maureen Jones. As a pianist, harpsichordist, and organist, he has performed in numerous chamber music ensembles and orchestras, including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. In 1997, he was engaged as a répétiteur at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and since 2000 he has held the same position at the Zurich Opera House. As a guest, he has worked at such renowned musical institutions as the Rossini Festival Pesaro, the Baden-Baden Festival House, the Teatro Real Madrid, the Edinburgh Festival, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Salzburg Festival, and the Lucerne Festival. In doing so, he collaborated with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Christoph Eschenbach, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Franz Welser-Möst, Nello Santi, and Marcello Viotti. He has given recitals with singers such as Elena Moşuc, Barbara Frittoli, Javier Camarena, Massimo Cavalletti, Carlo Colombara, and José Cura.