Anant Shah:

Music Producer, Audio Post & Spatial Audio Specialist

Anant Shah is a creative audio specialist covering the fields of music production, film scoring, audio post, and immersive sound installation based in Los Angeles, California.

He is a multidisciplinary sound artist whose work is focussed around challenging the status quo of music presentation, and the intersection of cultural traditions with new audio technologies.

Anant is graduating from CalArts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Technology and a Minor in Digital Arts in 2024. During his time he studied extensively with the Film Video Sound Faculty, and the Technical Directors of the School of Music. He had the honor of studying with John Baffa - Grammy Award winning audio engineer - for all four years, who helped fortify a skill set that translates to high-level work in recording studios, and live events. Working on projects in both schools nurtured a fascination with multichannel sound formats, whether within the context of films, concerts, or new albums.

Anant also had a rare opportunity to pursue a second interest - world percussion and composition. While at CalArts Anant studied privately with renowned world percussionist Randy Gloss, Persian Multi-Instrumentalist Hooman Pourmedhi, experimental composer Eyvind Kang, Tabla Maestro Pandit Swapan Choudry, and Grammy-nominated Ustad Aashish Khan. Not only did Anant study the musical traditions of these masters, but also had ample opportunities to work as an audio engineer, leading to expertise in producing highly niche instruments. Anant has a keen interest in preserving, elevating, and reformatting how these ancient musical instruments are broadcast to the world.

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