In recent seasons, engagements have included Verdi’s Don Carlo and Turnage’s Festen for Finnish National Opera and Ballet, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro for Royal Swedish Opera, and Puccini’s Tosca in a return to Staatsoper Hannover, where for four seasons he held the title of Erste Kapellmeister. Recent highlights also include Elena Kats-Chernin’s Lene fliegt ins Zirkusland for Philharmonie Luxembourg, a semi-staged production of Grieg’s Peer Gynt for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Offenbach’s Barbe-bleue for Opéra National de Lyon, and numerous productions at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, where he was a member of the prestigious Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, including Oreste, Der Rosenkavalier, Adriana Lecouvreur, Hänsel und Gretel and Turandot. He has also conducted at English National Opera (Lucia di Lammermoor), Oper Frankfurt (Don Giovanni), Luzerner Theater (Revue des Follies) and Opera North (The Marriage of Figaro). A keen symphonic conductor, Hendry has worked with George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Southbank Sinfonia, Orchestra of Opera North, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sinfonieorchester Bern and the Niedersächsisches Jugendsinfonieorchester. 

Hendry has an ongoing association with the National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, for which he has conducted all the main G&S titles including The Mikado, HMS Pinafore and The Gondoliers.

Growing up in Kingston upon Hull, he was one of the first students to be accepted onto the Yorkshire Young Musicians programme, going on to study piano with Helen Krizos at Royal Northern College of Music and later as a répétiteur with Kevin Thraves, earning a British Education Award for outstanding achievements during his studies. Hendry is now an Associate Member of the Royal Northern College of Music. He has been Assistant Director of the Hallé Youth Choir, and a vocal coach and accompanist for the Hallé Choir Academy.