Tim Martyn

Tim Martyn is an American record producer and recording engineer specializing in classical music. He has won 6 Grammy Awards, including the Best Engineered Classical Album awards from the 56th and 61th awards seasons.^[1]

Early years and education

Martyn studied piano, ear training and theory at the Juilliard School of Music Preparatory Division from age 8 until high school. He graduated high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy.^[2] He earned both Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Performance and Literature from the Juilliard School.

Career

Martyn has worked with a number of performers such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianists Yuja Wang and Daniil Trifonov, singers Renée Fleming and Roberto Alagna, and conductors Ricardo Muti and Andris Nelsons.^[3] He has produced and engineered recordings of a number of U.S. orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra^[4] and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.^[5] Martyn founded Classic Sound Inc. in 1987 and Phoenix Audio LLC in 2001, classical music location recording and post-production facilities. Martyn was appointed Audio Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood Music Festival in 1985, a position he held for more than 35 seasons.^[6] In 2017, Martyn joined the Metropolitan Opera as Music Producer, and oversees several of the Met's Live in HD cinema productions each season, in addition to live radio broadcasts.^{[7][8][better source needed]}

Awards

• 2010 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) for Sharon Isbin's Journey to the New World
• 2010 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra) for Prokofiev: Piano Concertos No. 2 and No. 3
• 2014 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical for Winter Morning Walks
• 2014 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for Dawn Upshaw Winter Morning Walks
• 2019 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical for Boston Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11
• 2019 Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance for Boston Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11

Nominations

• 2015 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical for Riccardo Muti Conducts Mason Bates & Anna Clyne (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Riccardo Muti)
• 2017 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical for Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9: Andris Nelsons & the Boston Symphony Orchestra
• 2026 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical for Shostakovich: Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District (Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra)