Jeanne Montalvo is a Grammy-nominated audio engineer and award-winning radio producer. She was selected amongst thousands of applicants as the 2018 EQL resident at Spotify Studios and Electric Lady Studios in New York City, assisting in the recording process for artists like John Legend, Cultura Profética, Alessia Cara, Anitta and many more. She has also recorded sessions with Ivy Queen, Ella Bric, Making Movies and Ruben Blades, Flor de Toloache, and Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra. In 2017, she was nominated for a Grammy Award as Mastering Engineer for Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings, and her recording of Multiverse by Bobby Sanabria's Latin Jazz Big Band was nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 2012 Grammy Awards. She’s worked at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Tanglewood Music Festival, and has also worked on live recordings with Spike Lee and Al Kooper.
She broke into radio after receiving her Masters in Music Technology from New York University, working as an audio engineer and producer for National Public Radio, Bloomberg Radio, the Duolingo podcast and projects for the New York Times and Sony. She created the award winning series, “Genias in Music” for Latino USA, a series looking at notable women in music throughout history. She also created "Live from Latino USA" a live and (mostly) unplugged video series that features Latinx talent from Jessie Reyez to Jose Feliciano. She is currently treasurer of the New York Section of the Audio Engineering Society and co-chair of the 2023 & 2024 Audio Engineering Convention in New York.
Full list of credits.
Professional Memberships
Audio Engineering Society - NY Section Treasurer & ECC Convention Subcommittee Co-Chair
NARAS/LARAS dual member - Voting member
We Are Moving the Needle - Soundboard Member