Zenph Startup Profile

Zenph® Sound Innovations is a music technology company based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle. The Zenph team, comprised of equal parts musicians and computer scientists, devotes itself to precisely understanding how musicians play. That understanding combined with groundbreaking technology produces incredibly rich, highly detailed data that is transformed into dazzling new recordings and live re-performances®.

The company's work was named one of the “Best Ideas of the Year” by The New York Times magazine and has received multiple GRAMMY® nominations. The astonishing fidelity and nuance of sound heard in the Zenph re-performances has earned the company accolades from music lovers and critics the world over,
including  a perfect-10 review from The Absolute Sound magazine and being named a “Record To Die For” by Stereophile magazine.

Recent recordings with Sony include Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg
Variations, "Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff," "Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here: Live At The Shrine," and "Live From Lincoln Center" with Joshua Bell. Future Zenph projects include educational products and printed scores.

Founders and key employees

Dr. John Q. Walker, Kip Frey, Anatoly Larkin, and Eric Hirsh

Favorite thing about Durham

The American Tobacco Campus, Durham Bulls, and the Scratch Bakery.