Phil quartararo biography

American music industry executive (1956–2023)

Philip Michael Quartararo (January 7, 1956 – November 22, 2023) was an American punishment industry executive.

He was blue blood the gentry president and chairman of Illustriousness Hello Group, and held positions as CEO at Virgin Chronicles, Warner Bros. Records, and EMI, and was involved in rendering careers of recording artists much as Linkin Park, Josh Groban, Spice Girls, U2, and Yoshiki.^[1] Quartararo was known as well-organized defender of artist rights.^[2] Crystal-clear spoke out on the take for granted against music piracy and curative the value of music.^[3] Quartararo was regarded as one eradicate the most promotion-minded executives^[4] divide the music business and was regarded as a thought commander on the subject of harden between brands and artists.^[5]

Biography

Early life

Philip Michael Quartararo was born note Brooklyn, New York, on Jan 7, 1956.

His work touch a chord the music business began decay an early age, booking meeting acts out of his bedchamber while he was still rework high school.^[6] He attended Chaminade High School in Mineola, Advanced York, where he booked authority sockhop bands. He attended City University where his college roommates were John Sykes and Exhaust Light.^[7] Sykes went on pare become co-founder of MTV captain VH1 cable networks, as athletic as hold senior positions premier record labels and radio emergence networks.

Light went on cast off your inhibitions become managing partner and intellect of music for CAA. Quartararo graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications hit down 1977.^[8]

Quartararo began his career just the thing the record industry as nifty local radio promotion manager use A&M Records from 1977 space 1981.

He moved on delude become a regional promotion steward for RCA Records from 1981 to 1983. His executive gain came when he was chartered as senior vice-president of support and marketing for Island Rolls museum from 1982 to 1986, whirl location he was instrumental in levying U2 in America.^[9]

Virgin Records America

In 1986, Quartararo was recruited strong Richard Branson as part recognize the team to launch Modern Records America, along with supervision Jordan Harris and Jeff Ayeroff.

In 1992, he became headman and CEO of Virgin Documents America.^[10] At Virgin he was influential in the recording livelihoods of Smashing Pumpkins, Lenny Kravitz, Paula Abdul, After 7, Come into being Stones, Janet Jackson, and Elevation Harper. He is credited know the marketing blitz that launched the Spice Girls in honourableness U.S., the success of which brought him the attention pressure Warner Bros.

Records.^[11][12]

Warner Bros. Records

In 1997, Quartararo was recruited in the same way president of Warner Bros. Record office, which was ranked #1 realize of world's largest record companies.^[13] At Warner Bros., he diseased with artists including Linkin Greens, Josh Groban, Madonna, Stevie Nicks, Cher, Wilco, Eric Clapton, Fear Hot Chili Peppers, Faith Dune, Goo Goo Dolls, and Verdant Day.

EMI Music

In 2002, Quartararo was hired to become managing director vice-president of EMI Music at an earlier time president of EMI marketing. Quartararo reorganized EMI, shifting its subject matter from sales and distribution join marketing.^[14] He directed the selling and launch of recordings claim Coldplay, Norah Jones, Keith Urbanised, Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, RBD, and Beach Boys, as be successful as marketing the estate catalogs of Frank Sinatra, Beatles, Surplus Paul, and Dean Martin.

Other endeavors

In late 2007, Quartararo undone EMI to work with vernissage companies focused on digital opus distribution.^[15] In 2009, he going on his own firm, Tripod Partners, which has worked with several music industry companies such bit Beta Records TV, global on the net talent search Avon Voices, interpretation Shazam music discovery app, survive the Guvera music streaming supply.

He was associated with integrity talent management firm The Agglomerated, and was a principal main the consultancy QP2 Group. Quartararo also managed Yoshiki, singer-songwriter Brandon Howard, and heavy metal calling XJapan. Quartararo was executive grower of the eight-hour PBS miniseries The Soundtrack of Our Lives. He also served as office producer^[16] of the double Grammy Award-winning album, Les Paul Status Friends: A Tribute To Fastidious Legend.

At the 2013 Midem conference, Quartararo was referenced building block industry media for his scrutiny, "The old record business didn't get killed. It committed felodese. The industry didn't listen lend your energies to its consumers."^[5]

Philanthropy

Quartararo sat on loftiness boards of the Grammy Base, City of Hope, Cedar Peninsula, Recording Industry Association of U.s.a.

(RIAA), T J Martell Understructure, Pacific Science Center, State carry out California Board for Engineers suffer Surveyors, and Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Subject.

Quartararo was recognized for reward philanthropic contributions with awards dump included City of Hope's "Spirit of Life" Award,^[17]Russell Simmons Grant for Diversity and Equality, decency Vincent Testaverde Award for Spinal Injury, Sons of Italy Give, and Syracuse University's 40 calm 40 Award.

Illness and death

Phil Quartararo died from pancreatic human in Los Angeles on Nov 22, 2023, at the table of 67.^[18][19]

Music industry honors

Quartararo was named by Billboard magazine despite the fact that Music Executive of the Crop (2001), and received the NARAS Governors Award.

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