Hennessey Brown Music represents some of the most eminent artists in the world.
We have a roster of versatile, forward-thinking artists of the highest calibre available for concerts, festivals, education workshops, recitals and collaborations.
Between them they have played in all venues across the U.K. and many across the world. They have recorded and performed with major orchestras in all regions and are all highly sought after.
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Our Artists and Mission
We represent a diverse and world class roster of instrumentalists, composers and conductors.
Our artists have performed for and recorded with orchestras across all continents. Our ensembles and instrumentalists have performed for dozens of promoters all over the world from New York to Africa, from The Carnegie Hall to the Wigmore Hall. They are world renowned for their musical excellence and have had rave reviews across the worldwide music press. We have negotiated and overseen contracts for our artists with the BBC Proms, BBC Orchestras, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and Festivals across the U.K.
Our composers have been commissioned by and worked with all the BBC orchestras, The Royal Opera House and Chineke! Also they have been commissioned by the likes of The Bach Choir, and Pegasus Opera Company with regular Radio appearances across the BBC.
Our conductors have held numerous artistic directorships and have worked around the world at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall with performances across Europe, the United States and Latin America.
We aim to find the best possible conditions for our artists whilst being flexible and understanding the constraints of your venue, orchestra, festival or series. We are passionate about inclusivity in the music business and aim to promote and seek out talent of all classes and beliefs, creating opportunities for composers and musicians of different backgrounds.
We have a professional team at your disposal ready to negotiate fair fees, contracts and liaise with our excellent roster of artists.
Our team
JOnathan Hennessey-BrowN
(CO-DIRECTOR/OWNer)
Jonny is the founding director of Hennessey Brown Music. As a freelance ‘cellist he played in all major venues and arenas in the U.K. and with many fine artists from Renee Flemming to Meatloaf and Eric Clapton to Sir George Solti. He played in recording sessions for tv and film and for 14 years as a regular deputy at Lion King.
He founded Santiago Quartet which was featured across the BBC and reached number 3 in the Classical Charts. Jonny’s passion for Latin American music was born in Mexico where he was the head of the orchestra committee and became fluent in Spanish.
Jonny sees it as a privilege to represent the artists on the roster at HBM and to be part of a dedicated team. HBM artists are recording, conducting, performing and having their compositions performed all over the world. They also serve their own communities through local concerts, education work and outreach.
Jonny’s vision for HBM is that its artists perform and compose to the highest standard with a collaborative spirit and a freedom from elitism filled with an inclusive outlook. That inclusivity should and does include artists of very varying ages (23-81 currently) background, social status, sexual orientation, clour, creed and nationality.
Musical excellence and professionalism from artists and the HBM team is expected and encouraged at every juncture.
Jonny is a passionate advocate for awareness about and understanding of those who live with mental health issues, neurodiversity or are in recovery from addiction. He feels the time for any shame about such things has long passed.
He has raised thousands of pounds for charities that support such people through concerts and album sales and will continue to help this cause by encouraging promoters and artists to support mental health charities. Empathy, kindness, tolerance of differing viewpoints and the highest professional musical standards are at the epicentre of Hennessey Brown Music.
Natasha Solano
(Business Admin Support)
Natasha has worked in the City of London in a cultural mix of global financial organisations at Executive level in Administration and Operations. She holds a Diploma in Business Administration and has extensive hands-on knowledge in Legal, Marketing and Collaborative Facilitation work.
She has worked as a Project and Events consultant within the creative sector in Trinidad and Tobago on several projects including Mentoring by the Masters, Bocas Lit Festival, and the musical theatre production Jab Molassie with music by Dominique Le Gendre. Here she developed her passion for collaborating with artists, allowing creative individuals and organisations to express themselves freely whilst using her Project and Administrative background to collate innovative ideas to achieve the best result. She also was the Arts Manager for the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago.
A project that is very dear to her heart is the realisation of Young Voices Trinidad and Tobago (YVTT) concert. Young Voices (UK) produces the largest and most exciting children’s choral concerts in the world. The YVTT inaugural concert made history as the largest choir ever to sing as one voice in the Caribbean. The choir had 4,000 primary school children, accompanied by international celebrities and T&T talent. As the Project and Choir Coordinator she was responsible for the coordination of all logistics for the concert.
Natasha works as Arts Administrator for Brixton Chamber Orchestra (BCO), leading on bookings, general business support, as well as assisting on fundraising. She actively managers BCO’s many Projects and Events including their Summer and Christmas Estates Tours, working to engage and build meaningful community relationships in Lambeth, London and further develop the love of orchestral music especially with the younger generation.
Natasha is a Freelancer working with Hennessey Brown Music giving Business Support and assisting with the day-to-day systems and record keeping needed to support the artists and the founding director.
She has volunteered timelessly with charities, working with the homeless of London and caring for Senior Citizens within her community and is presently a Hosting Leader for the charity Food Cycle. She enjoyed Ballet for over 20 years and has a great passion for all performing arts and enjoyed the discipline of long-distance running. She is presently a Trustee with Orchestras Live.