Pouya is a 5x Juno-nominated sound engineer based in Toronto.
Pouya is a graduate of the Master’s program in Sound Recording at McGill University studying with teachers Richard King (Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer) and George Massenburg (Earth Wind and Fire, Billy Joel, James Taylor). Coming from a music performance and compositional background he connects with the musicians not only in a technological way but more importantly on an artistic level. He finds the studio to be a a sacred place where mysterious and magical things happen and looks to create the atmosphere for the creative ideas and performances to flow naturally.
He has been invited to The Banff Centre regularly as guest faculty, since completing a work-study there in 2013. He is also an engineer at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto where he frequently records in Koerner Hall over the last decade. He has worked with major orchestras in Canada including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Canada, and Royal Conservatory Orchestra. He was the recording engineer of the prestigious International Honens Piano Competition.
In some examples of his non-classical work, Pouya has assisted engineer Damian Taylor (Bjork, The Killers, Arcade Fire, Prodigy) and recorded the Juno-nominated gypsy punk group, Lemon Bucket Orchestra. He won the Traditional Studio Recording Prize in San Francisco for a recording, at the International Audio Engineering Society’s convention. In Montreal, Pouya started a video series called Audiolens, which brought musicians into the recording studio and created performance videos with high quality studio sound.
Pouya has extensive experience with recording and broadcasting high quality audio for live events for such organizations as the Canadian Music Centre, Honens’ Piano Competition, Royal Conservatory of Music, Music Toronto, Continuum, and The Banff Centre. He also records high quality music audio for video projects produced by Soundstreams and Riddle Films in Toronto.
He is always excited by the latest media technologies and has worked on designing and building custom audio pedals and software including his latest creation called What Take Is it?
Selected Audio Credits
Credit index: R = recording engineer | E = editing | M = mixing | MA = mastering | C = composer
- (2025) Ali Kian Yazdanfar – Sayeh Roshan – R
- (2025) Cecilia Kang – THE HAN AND HEUNG ODYSSEY – R
- (2025) Anna Pidgorna – Invented Folksongs – M
- (2025) Yolanda Bruno – Dear Jeanne – R, E, M, MA
- (2025) David Lidov – Three Quartets – R, E
- (2024) Felix Arifin – Luck, My Beloved – MA
- (2024) Songwalks Podcast – Season 2 – C, R, E, M
- (2024) junctQín keyboard collective – Autolysis – R, E, M
- (2024) Project Earth: The Blue Chapter – R
- (2024) Known To Dreamers – R, E, M, MA JUNO NOMINATED
- (2024) Zombie Blizzard – R
- (2023) From Sapho’s Lyre – R, E, M
- (2023) ICOT – Recurrence – R, E, M
- (2023) Jesse Dietschi – Gradient – E, M
- (2023) Wanderlust – Duo Lara Deutsch and Adam Cicchillitti – R
- (2023) James Oswald: Airs for the Seasons – R
- (2023) Duo Oriana – How Like a Golden Dream – R
- (2023) Afarin Mansouri Tehrani – Dancing with Love – R, E, M, MA
- (2022) The Black Fish – Keyan Emami – R, E, M, MA – JUNO NOMINATED
- (2022) Isabel Bayrakdarian – La Zingarella – R, E, M, MA – JUNO NOMINATED
- (2022) Parisa Sabet – A Cup of Sin – R, E, M, MA
- (2022) Skyless – Milad Bagheri and Hooman Namdari – R, E, M
- (2022) Iman Habibi – Colour of Freedom – MA
- (2021) Radia – Of Glow & Abandon – R, E, M, MA
- (2020) Jakob Bangso – GUITAR CONCERTOS: Corigliano, Caravassilis & Siegel – E, M, MA
- (2020) Saman Shahi – Breathing in the Shadows – R, E, M – JUNO NOMINATED
- (2020) Nahre Sol – Alice in Wonderland – M, MA
- (2019) Afarin Mansouri – Little Heart – R, E, M, MA
- (2019) Maneli Jamal – TRANQUIL STRINGS – R, M
- (2019) Alexander Vincent – Other People’s Lives – R
- (2019) Adam Campbell – Guess I’m A People Too – M, MA
- (2019) Charles Spearin and Josefin Runsteen – Thank God the Plague is Over – MA
- (2019) Alan Hobbins – The Art of Chopin – R, E, M, MA
- (2018) Felix Arifin – A Day to Remember – R, E, M, MA
- (2018) Michael Bridge – Overture – R, M, MA
- (2018) The Tailbreakers – Dreamin’ Blue – R, E, M
- (2018) Sofia Mycyk – Hutzulian Watercolours – R, E, M, MA
- (2018) Maneli Jamal – Ambient Sketchbook – M, MA
- (2017) Sina Bathaie – Ray of Hope – R, E, M, MA
- (2017) Ton Beau String Quartet – The Silent Voices Project – R, E, M
- (2017) Maziar Heidari – Sonatina – R, E, M
- (2017) Michael Bridge, Guillaume Tardif, Kornel Wolak – Tales from the Dinarides – MA
- (2017) Maziar Heidari, Trio Recording – R, E, M
- (2017) Toronto Symphony Orchestra – National Anthem of Canada Choir – R, E, M
- (2016) Pilar – Koerner Hall Live Recording – R, E, M
- (2016) Chloe Charles – With Blindfolds On – R
- (2016) Amin Honarmand – Clarinet Sonata – R
- (2016) Jesse Dietschi – Catalyst Ensemble – R
- (2016) Samira Bazgir – Forgotten Dream – R
- (2016) Nelya Safaei – Iranian Women Compilation – R
- (2016) Spectrum Music – La Suite Du Petit Prince – R, E, M
- (2016) Janice Munn Tsui – Shorts – R, E, M
- (2016) Maneli Jamal – The Mardom Movement – R, E, M
- (2016) Luca Buratto – Luca Buratto: Live at Honens 2015 – R
- (2015) Afiara String Quartet and DJ Skratch Bastid – Spin Cycle – R, E, M, MA – JUNO NOMINATED
- (2015) Lemon Bucket Orchestra – Counting Sheep – R
- (2015) Gryphon Trio – Elements Eternal – R, E, M, MA
- (2014) Chris Paul Harman – After JSB-RS – Works for Keyboards and Percussion – R, E, M
- (2014) Doldrums – The Air Conditioned Nightmare – E
