Serban Ghenea

Canadian record producer (born 1969)

Pop
hip hop
electronic

Occupation(s)Audio engineer, mixer, record producerYears active1994–presentWebsiteserbanghenea.com

Musical artist

Serban Ghenea (Romanian: Șerban Ghenea) is a Canadian audio engineer and mixer.^[2]

Early life and education

Ghenea 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.^[3]

His has a son, Alex, who is also a mixer and producer. At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards (2024), Serban and Alex were both nominated in the new Best Pop Danc Recording category with separate recordings.^[1]

Career

Ghenea's career began through a chance meeting with Teddy Riley in 1993 while visiting his girlfriend (now wife), that lead to Riley hiring him as an in-house mixing and recording engineer.^[3] Throughout his career, Ghenea has worked with top artists in pop music, including Juice Wrld, Ariana Grande, Adele, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Bruno Mars, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake. With Riley, Ghenea worked on projects that included Michael Jackson and Blackstreet.^[4]

Awards and nominations

As of 2024, Ghenea had been nominated for 45 Grammy Awards.^[1], and won a total of 20 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.^[4]

He won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year five times; winning for Taylor Swift's 1989, folklore and Midnights, Adele's 25 and Bruno Mars' 24K Magic.^[5] Ghenea also won the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Shakira’s Fijación Oral, Vol. 1.

References

^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ "Serban Ghenea". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved February 8, 2024.