Jona Venturi (Narni, Italy, 1990) was graduated from the “F. Morlacchi” Conservatory of Music in Perugia under the guidance of Claudia Giottoli. He subsequently continued his studies at the Haute École de Musique de Genève in Switzerland with Jacques Zoon, where he obtained a Master Concert in Music Performance in 2016 and a Master Orchestre in 2018.
In 2018, he was appointed Principal Piccolo of the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, a position he held until 2021. Alongside his orchestral career, he has pursued an active career as a soloist and chamber musician, collaborating with prestigious institutions such as the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, Philharmonia Zürich, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and Norrlandsoperan in Umeå, Sweden.
He has undertaken numerous tours throughout Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Romania, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cuba, Japan, South Korea and China, performing under renowned conductors including Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pappano, Daniele Gatti, Kent Nagano, Michail Jurowski, Daniel Harding, Charles Dutoit and Leif Segerstam.
Jona Venturi has received prizes at numerous international competitions, notably First Prize at the NFA Piccolo Artist Competition in the United States in 2020.
Since 2021, he has been Principal Piccolo of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, Switzerland. Since 2023, he has been Assistant Professor of Flute at the Hochschule Luzern, and since 2026, he has been Professor of Piccolo at the Flute Chair of the Reina Sofía School of Music.