Sound engineer and classical music producer
Extensive experience working with numerous soloists, chamber ensembles and orchestras around the world
Sound engineer and producer
Sound engineer, producer and director of the ARIA classics label. Passionate about the art of classical music and committed to excellence in every production. Experience working with leading labels such as SONY Classical, NAXOS, Warner Classics, Odradek Records, etc...
He has made recordings and produced albums for artists such as Josep Vicent, Friedrich Haider, Benjamin Schmid, Bianca Tognocchi, Josu De Solaun, Amaury Coeytaux, Franziska Pietsch, Joan Enric Lluna, Tatiana Lisnic, Britt Arend, Shlomo Mintz, Joseph Alessi, Juan Pérez Floristán, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, Judith Jáuregui, Anna Fedorova, Jesús Reina, Anna Nilsen, Gabriel Ureña, Lucía Veintimilla, Rumen Cvetkov, Ludmil Angelov, Lucas Macías, Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas, etc...
Among the orchestras he has recorded and produced are Orquesta Nacional de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española, ADDA Simfònica, Oviedo Filarmonía, Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, etc...
His approach is based on creating a natural, crystalline and exciting sound that brings out the unique qualities of each performance and connects with the audience in a profound way.
Testimonials
"Among the many fantastic recording engineers and artistic supervisors with whom I have had the pleasure of working (Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, Teldec, BMG, etc.) Fernando Arias has always been one of my favorites. It has been ten years ago, that we have started recording together, and in the meantime there are no less than 10 complete recordings, among them works by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (integral orchestral music, sacred music, a cappella choirs and opera ("Il segreto di Susanna"), as well as Verdis Otello, Wolf-Ferrari violin concerto (with soloist Benjamin Schmid) was awarded "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik" in 2013. Mr. Arias indeed has "conductor's ears", a perfect feel for all different styles and formats of music. I look forward to all that is to come."
— Friedrich Haider, orchestra conductor
"I follow the recordings of ARIA classics very closely and especially the work of their sound engineer, Fernando Arias, and I can comment without any doubt that they always get a very real and natural sound of everything they record. The work of both, recording, editing mixing and mastering is really great".
— Alexander Osokin, Moscow Virtuosi
