(born 1957, Birmingham UK)
over 40 nations as an interpreter of contemporary, jazz and early music. Since 1982 he has been musical director of the TNT Theatre Company, currently based in Munich, composing and performing in over 20 productions which have toured worldwide for over 40 years. He is also Artistic Director of Carnyx & Co, and a founder member of the European Music Archaeology Project. In 1992 he became the first person for 2000 years to play the great Celtic war horn known to the ancient world as the Carnyx, now featured on multiple CDs, films and video games.
John Kenny is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, former professor and currently visiting artist at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and teaches trombone and directs brass chamber music at St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh. Since 2016 he has lead a course on the interpretation of new music and improvisation every summer at the San Marino New Music Project, and regularly gives masterclasses and lectures at conservatoires and universities throughout Europe, the USA and Asia. In 2017 he was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the international Trombone Association in Los Angeles – one of only two British musicians ever to receive thisaccolade. To discover more, visit the Carnyx & Co website: www.carnyx.org.uk
