Justin Gray Recording & Mixing Masterclass at the Beijing Film Academy
Justin Gray is a GRAMMY and JUNO Award-winning artist, composer, producer, and engineer based in Toronto, Canada. His album IMMERSED won the 2026 GRAMMY Award for Best Immersive Audio Album.
As an artist and producer, Gray champions cross-cultural collaboration and new approaches to musical creation, presentation, and listening. His work explores how composition, performance, and recording technology can combine to create immersive musical experiences.
This year, thanks to the efforts of the Genelec China team, Justin Gray joined the School of Sound at Beijing Film Academy for a three-day masterclass dedicated to Immersive Audio Production, offering audio professionals, aspiring creators, and students the opportunity to engage in in-depth discussions and exchange ideas.
Going beyond the creative vision and production insights behind his GRAMMY-winning album IMMERSED, the masterclass centred on a real-world live band recording project. From recording philosophy and preparation to capturing both acoustic and electric instruments, and finally to immersive mixing using the recorded material, participants explored the professional approaches behind every stage of the process – gaining first-hand insight into how a live performance evolves into an immersive audio production.
Across three venues, the Genelec team set up immersive audio monitoring systems, enabling more than 200 attendees to experience the monitoring signals in real time throughout the recording sessions. With exceptional accuracy in reproducing sonic details and spatial depth, the systems faithfully conveyed the sound and artistic intent of the creators.
The event was a valuable three-day journey into the art and practice of immersive audio production.
