Serban Ghenea (Romanian: Șerban Ghenea) is a Canadian audio engineer and mixer.[2] He has been nominated for a Grammy Award a total of 45 times and has won 21 times. [3]
Serban Ghenea Șerban Ghenea | |
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| Birth name | Șerban Ghenea |
| Born | 1969 or 1970 (age 54–55)[1] Bucharest, Romania |
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| Occupation(s) | Audio engineer, mixer, record producer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Website | serbanghenea |
Early life and education
editGhenea was born in Romania, and in 1976 he moved to Montreal with his family. He later attended John Abbott College, Concordia University, then McGill University.[4]
He has a son, Alex, who is also a mixer and producer. At the 66th (2024) and 67th (2025) Annual Grammy Awards, Șerban and Alex were both nominated in the Best Dance Pop Recording category with separate recordings.[1]
Career
editGhenea's career began through a chance meeting with Teddy Riley in 1993 while visiting his girlfriend (now wife), that led to Riley hiring him as an in-house mixing and recording engineer.[4] Throughout his career, Ghenea has worked with top artists in pop music, including Juice Wrld, Ariana Grande, Adele, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Demi Lovato, Bruno Mars, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake. With Riley, Ghenea worked on projects that included Michael Jackson and Blackstreet.[5]
Awards and nominations
editGhenea won his first Grammy in 2004 at the 46th Grammy Awards for Justin Timberlake’s Justified.[6] As of 2024, Ghenea has been nominated for 45 Grammy Awards.[1], and won a total of 21 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.[5]
He won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year five times; winning for Taylor Swift's 1989 (2014), Folklore (2020), and Midnights (2022), Adele's 25 (2015), and Bruno Mars' 24K Magic (2016).[7] Ghenea also won the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Shakira’s Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005).
References
edit- ^ a b c Jones, Sarah (25 January 2024). "Meet the Father-Son Studio Engineers Music's Superstars Rely On". Billboard.
- ^ Martoccio, Angie (10 November 2023). "Why Is This Engineer-Mixer Among the Top 2024 Grammy Nominees?". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "Serban Ghenea". 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Grammy winner Serban Ghenea has 24K Magic touch as mixing engineer". montrealgazette.com.
- ^ a b Moayeri, Lily (November 29, 2021). "Hitmaker of the Month: Master Mixer Serban Ghenea Keeps the Weeknd, Doja Cat and Ariana Grande in His Own Mix". Variety. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ "Why Is This Engineer-Mixer Among the Top 2024 Grammy Nominees?".
- ^ "Serban Ghenea". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
External links
edit- Serban Ghenea at Discogs
- Serban Ghenea at IMDb
- Serban Ghenea at Variety
- Serban Ghenea at Genius