Enyi is the newly appointed Calleva Assistant Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, commencing in September 2024. He is also the Conductor-In-Residence for the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director and Founder of Elysium Music.

The upcoming season will see Enyi conduct performances with leading soloists including Danny Driver, Alim Beisembayev, Julian Bliss, Joe Stilgoe, Milly Forrest and Ellis Thomas. His role as Calleva Assistant Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra also sees him conduct numerous performances across the year with a wide range of repertoire and international soloists.

During the 2023/24 season, Enyi was the Bursary Conductor with the Havant Symphony Orchestra, a post previously held by acclaimed conductors such as Mark Wigglesworth, Jessica Cottis, Toby Purser and Ludovic Morlot. He was also one of six conductors selected to conduct the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 2024, as part of their Emerging Conductor’s Showcase. In 2022, Enyi was also a finalist at the inaugural Weston Conductors Competition during which he conducted the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. He was also awarded the competitive Young Conducting Scholarship in 2021 with the national choral charity Sing for Pleasure.

Hugely passionate about music outreach, accessibility, and education, Enyi is the Artistic Director and Founder of Elysium Music. Founded in September 2021, Elysium is dedicated to collaborative projects between young professional musicians and children. It bridges the gap between music in schools and conservatoire music making by providing side-by-side projects, workshops and resources to provide school musicians with a real flavour of life as a professional musician.

Growing up in Camden, North London, Enyi’s musical journey started initially as a percussionist and saxophonist and member of the Camden Music Hub. Enyi studied for an MA in Orchestral Conducting with Sian Edwards at the Royal Academy of Music, where he held the Derek Butler Award. During his time at the Academy, Enyi has worked with, and received coaching from conductors including John Wilson, Ed Gardner, Sir Mark Elder, Jac van Steen, Daniel Capps, Alice Farnham, and Geoffrey Paterson. He graduated in 2024 with Distinction and was awarded a DipRAM prize for outstanding final recital. He also won the Conducting Prize for the highest final recital mark and HRH Princess Alice, The Duchess of Gloucester Prize for exemplary studentship and performance.

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The Calleva Assistant Conductor programme is funded by The Calleva Foundation, in memory of Jack Butt.