Elaine Martone
Elaine L. Martone is an American record producer. She has recorded albums with several major American symphony orchestras, classical musicians, and jazz musicians, and won seven Grammy Awards, including three for Producer of the Year.
Early life and education
Martone was born in Rochester, New York, and raised on Long Island. She studied oboe performance at Ithaca College, earning a Bachelor of Music in 1979.Career
Martone began her production career at Telarc Records in 1980, preparing classical and jazz recordings for release. She eventually became executive vice president of production, a role that lasted until 2009, when the company's new owners laid her off, along with dozens of colleagues. Since then, she has produced records and music festivals independently through the label Sonarc. Her clients have included Third Coast Percussion, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck and bassist Ray Brown.From 2012 to 2019, she produced the Ojai Music Festival. Beginning in 2011, she produced the Spring for Music Festival, a series based at Carnegie Hall that centered innovation.
Martone has frequently produced records for the Cleveland Orchestra, for which she has been recognized with several Grammy Awards and nominations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she produced the orchestra's virtual season. In 2005, she won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for the McCoy Tyner album Illuminations. In 2006, she won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Album for the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra's recording of Rhapsody in Blue.