John Kenny

Trombonist, composer, improviser, musical archaeologist and actor John Kenny hasperformed  and broadcast solo productions in over 40 nations as an interpreter of contemporary, jazz, improvised and early music.

John Kenny was also a founding member of the European Music Archaeology and in 1993, he became the first person in 2000 years to play the large Celtic war horn known as the Deskford Carnyx discovered in northern Scotland. Since then, he has developed a unique repertoire that can be heard on eight CDs, film soundtracks, live performances, and on the
video game ‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’. In 2011, he was the first to play the Tintignac Carnyx, discovered in southern France and in 2014 the Etruscan Litus and Cornuso.

In 1997 along with Ian Ritchie he founded, Carnyx & Co. a charitable company providing a unique interface between musical archaeology, the world of contemporary performance and recording.

Since 1983, he has been musical director of the TNT theatre company, which is currently based in Munich, and of the American Drama Group Europe, composing and performing in productions that have toured the world for 40 years, and collaborating on productions that have toured Europe, Asia and the USA. In 2017, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Trombone Association in Los Angeles – one of only two British musicians to have received this distinction.

He teaches at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, St Mary’s School of Music in Edinburgh and at the San Marino New Music Project.
He is regularly invited to give masterclasses and lectures at conservatories and universities in Europe, the USA and Asia.