“The folding of the Cambridge/London-based Hazard Chase artist management company in the wake of the Covid-19-induced collapse of worldwide music-making will send shock waves around not just the profession but the classical music industry as a whole,” writes Andrew Green in Monday’s (3/23) Rhinegold.co.uk. “ ‘Our artists, staff, directors and shareholders are devastated by this sad but inevitable turn of events,’ says Hazard Chase managing director James Brown. ‘Our world has been torn apart in less than a month.’ The option taken was voluntary liquidation … with Brown apparently indicating an interest in purchasing them from within the company. With wide interests across a spectrum of leading classical music performers, Hazard Chase has been a major player on the UK and international scene since its formation in 1990 as a joint venture between James Brown and financial services group NW Brown and Company, headed by Nigel Brown. A management buy-out from NW Brown was effected in 1999.” In addition to instrumentalists, vocalists, and conductors, clients of the firm include Bach Collegium Japan, Bang on a Can All-Stars, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
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