Damien Quintard | |
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| Born | 21 June 1991 Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, audio engineer, composer |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Damien Quintard (born 21 June 1991) is a French record producer, composer, engineer and entrepreneur known for his work with artists Brian Eno, Justice, Parcels, Teodor Currentzis, Arca, L’Impératrice, Dimitris Papaioannou, and Bertrand Chamayou.
He is also the Founder and CEO of The Mono Company (2018) a production company and SoundX (2019) a firm focused on Research and Innovation. Their first project, numéro un, focuses on bringing music to the Deaf Community, with the first Artificial Intelligence made for and calibrated by institutes around the world and a patented vibration pack that translates sounds in real time.
He co-founded with Brad Pitt “Miraval Studios” in 2021, a recording studio inside Chateau Miraval, bought by Pitt and Angelina Jolie in 2009. Bringing back to life the iconic “Studio Miraval”, considered in the 70s till the late 90s as one of the most prestigious studios in the world, recording acts such as Pink Floyd (The Wall), AC/DC, Rammstein, Sting, Muse among others.
He is also the Sound Director of GES-2, a cultural center in Moscow, Russia. Part of the VAC foundation,[1] Quintard designed the entire audio system and concert capacities of GES2 in collaboration with architect Renzo Piano to make it a vector of local and international culture.
Quintard's latest awards and recognitions comprise an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live and Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for the 2015-2016 European Olympic Opening Ceremony and getting in Forbes France's list of Forbes 30 under 30.[2]