Emily Lazar

Lazar was born and raised in New York. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Writing and Music from Skidmore College, graduating cum laude with honors distinction in her major. During college, she wrote music, played in bands, and worked as a freelance engineer, producer and mixer. After college, Lazar worked at recording studios in New York City. Later she earned a Master of Music Degree from New York University's prestigious Music Technology program. While there, she pursued Tonmeister studies and was awarded a Graduate Fellowship. Lazar's thesis on Sonic Solutions, combined with an internship at Sony Classical, eventually led to a position at New York City based mastering facility, Masterdisk.

Lazar has worked on over 3,000 albums. In 2012, she was the first female mastering engineer to receive a Grammy Nomination for Album of the year for Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light. In 2014, she was the first female mastering engineer nominated for Record of the Year for Sia's hit "Chandelier” in 2014.”

In 2019, Lazar became the first female mastering engineer to win the Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) Grammy, which she won for her work on Beck's Colors.

In 2021, Lazar became the first mastering engineer to land three Grammy nominations for Album of the Year. Leading up to the Grammy Awards, Chris Martin from Coldplay said that their latest album could have sounded terrible if it had not been for Lazar's mastering.

The Lodge

Lazar's studio, The Lodge, is an audio mastering facility, opened in 1997 in Greenwich Village in downtown Manhattan. In 2023, The Lodge relocated to Stamford, Connecticut, with newly built state of the art recording, immersive mixing & mastering studios.

Grammy Awards

• 2012 – Album of the Year for Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
• 2015 – Record of the Year for Chandelier by Sia
• 2016 – Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Recreational Love by The Bird and the Bee
• 2019 – (Win) Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) for Colors by Beck
• 2020 – Album of the Year for Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend
• 2021 – Album of the Year for Women in Music Pt. III by Haim
• 2021 – Album of the Year for Djesse Vol. 3 by Jacob Collier
• 2021 – Album of the Year for Everyday Life by Coldplay
• 2025 – Album of The Year for Djesse Vol. 4 by Jacob Collier

Latin Grammy Awards

• 2022 – Album of the Year for Deja by Bomba Estéreo

Pensado Awards

• 2014 – Lazar was nominated for the Master of Mastering - Mastering Engineers Award at the first annual Pensado Awards show.

TEC Awards

• 2012 – Lazar won the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award in the "Record/Production Album" category for her work on Foo Fighters's Wasting Light.

• 2016 – Lazar won the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award in the "Record/Production Single or Track" category for her work on Beck's "Dreams".

• 2019 – Lazar won the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award in the "Record/Production Album" category for her work on Beck's Colors.

Billboard Magazine: Women in Music: Hitmakers from Behind the Scenes

• 2015 – Lazar was featured in the December issue of Billboard's Women in Music: Hitmakers from Behind the Scenes "Fine-tuned ears are the trademarks of these four creators. Emily Lazar's golden ears are in high-demand. Just ask clients like Foo Fighters, Beck and Coldplay, whose new album A Head Full of Dreams, tops Lazar's discography."

Elle Magazine: The Women in Music Power List

• 2017 – Lazar was featured in the June issue of Elle's The Women in Music Power List highlighting 14 women as "the industry's most influential execs, producers and songwriters."

Variety Magazine: Power of Women Impact List

• 2019 – Lazar was featured in the April issue of Variety's The Power of Women Impact List recognizing "women at the forefront of their fields."

Splice Awards: Impact Award (awarded to those who refuse to leave change up to chance)

• 2021 – Lazar received the Impact Award from music technology company, Splice, for her work in advocating for diversity and inclusion for producers and engineers in the recording industry.

Resonator Awards: Hall Of Fame

• 2024 – Lazar was inducted into the first class of We Are Moving The Needle’s Resonator Hall of Fame, which honors legendary producers and engineers who paved the way. Fellow inductees include – Alicia Keys, Leslie Ann Jones, Darcy Proper Marcella Araica, Ann Mincieli and Claudia Brant.

Music Producer's Guild UK - Inspiration Award

• 2024 – Lazar was awarded the 2024 Inspiration Award by the Music Producers Guild on Thursday, April 25 in London. This is awarded by the Music Producers Guild Awards Committee and will be presented to a person working in production in recognition of a body of work over several years which has significantly inspired others.

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