Pat Winter retired today from Opus3 management in New York, the second senior v-p to go in a week.
Her remaining stars as she wound down were Daniil Trifonov and Jennifer Koh.
Pat follows singer agent Caroline Woodfield out into the rolling fields. Opus3 is rejuvenating.
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Good luck, Pat! Back in 1990, when I was on the ICM list before my personal representative, Jim Griggs, passed away from AIDS, I visited Oat in her office. She gave me life advice and suggested I keep on the hunt for a university position in addition to the performance career. She was spot on. This month is twenty-five years at Brooklyn College, and I am so grateful to Pat for her advice. Good luck on the next chapter of retirement. You have done so much for our industry. God bless.
Good luck, Pat! Back in 1990, when I was on the ICM list before my personal representative, Jim Griggs, passed away from AIDS, I visited Pat in her office. She gave me life advice and suggested I keep on the hunt for a university position in addition to the performance career. She was spot on. This month is twenty-five years at Brooklyn College, and I am so grateful to Pat for her advice. Good luck on the next chapter of retirement. You have done so much for our industry. God bless.
Ye Gods, not one but two pats on the back for the ultra-ultimate self-promoter!
As one would say in tennis: Wow, a double Bagel!
Wonder if his new agent will be able to get him into the UK?
Retirement was never mentioned. Becoming a consultant! Also have not managed Jennifer Koh in years.
She listed with you on the sleepy Opus3 website.
In one respect this feels an inadequate headline since Pat Winter has been a widely respected and highly effective artist manager for many decades! On the other hand, I have long believed a great manager is like a great referee – the ones who don’t attract attention are the ones doing the best jobs. So perhaps it’s appropriate to highlight Pat via one of her illustrious clients after all? Either way, she’s been a beacon to many of us in the field over a distinguished career. Best of luck, Pat, whatever your plans post Opus 3!
Pat Winter is irreplaceable! Her selfless passion and enthusiasm for managing & promoting artists and securing engagements for them was inexhaustible. She is the ultimate role model for everyone in the industry.
Selfless passion? You meant $elfle$$ Pa$$ion. Like most managers who feast off the gifts/successes of their artists.
You clearly don’t have a clue about how the industry works.
Very few if any of us are in this for the $$. If you are – then you are you in the wrong field because it is far from an optimal financial model. The work is stressful, grueling, very often thankless and getting more and more challenging with each passing month. The pay for about 98% of the people working in artist management is paltry and the other 2% have to make huge sacrifices that aren’t worth it. We do it because we love the art.
Pat Winter is absolutely the best. She has perfect taste, her dedication to her artists is unending, she has time for everyone, and she is hilarious. And P.S. Caroline Woodfield is also a treasure.
Artist management is by and large a thankless, unglamorous profession, and nobody gets rich doing it. The primary requirements are passion and obsession, a willingness to work for very little, and a need to be used and abused. One can never do enough for their artists, you’ll be blamed every time something goes wrong or doesn’t work out (whether it’s your fault or not), and so if you’re looking for appreciation or gratitude, look elsewhere.
Wow! How nasty this reads, when a leader in our industry decided at 82 to stop working full time and become a consultant. She has mentored some of the leaders of our nations top non profits and shaped many careers.