Columbia Artists Management (CAMI) Goes Out of Business

The rumor went around a couple of days ago that Columbia Artists Management, Inc., which has managed classical musicians for 90 years, would be closing its doors today. On Saturday, their rosters were still posted on their web site. Now they're gone.

All that's there now is a graphic with the following text (they could have made this plain text, but no):

After prolonged deliberation and with profound sadness, the owners of Columbia artists announced today that the company will cease operations effective immediately. This painful decision has been made as a result of the impact of the world-wide pandemic's effect on the entire international performing arts community.

For over eight decades Columbia Artists has been at the forefront of the live performing arts. The unfortunate and unavoidable decision to close this storied firm has been arrived at through sober, deliberation and with intense regret.

Columbia Artists extends our deepest gratitude to all of the artists with whom we have been privileged to work, and to our talented staff and friends throughout many extraordinary years of great performances.

For further inquiries please contact Molly Froschauer at Sherwood Partners on behalf of the fiduciary at (contact info).

I have no idea what this means for the artists under contract with CAMI, some of whom are in Europe and able to perform on a limited basis. Maybe they have European representation, and maybe those representatives can work for them in the US as well.

Does CAMI still own the building where CAMI Hall is located, at 165 W. 57th? I do not know; do you?