Paquin Opens Nashville Office, Adds Agents

 

“Like all our peers we have spent the last months navigating the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic–but we have also set our eyes firmly on the future; to a time when we are able to bring people together again,” Paquin Artists Agency President Julien Paquin says in the announcement.

  

Artist manager Michelle Szeto heads up the opening of Paquin Entertainment Group’s Nashville office. Szeto, whose management roster includes Donovan Woods, Wild, Logan Wall and Devan, will lay the foundation for Paquin’s further expansion into international markets, according to the announcement.

 

 “My very first trip to Nashville was back in 2013, and it very quickly became my home away from home,” Szeto says in a statement. “Our company, as well as our many artists, have built lifelong relationships in this town and establishing our first U.S. office here is among a long list of global goals we’re setting out to achieve over the next few years. I’m beyond thrilled to finally make it official with Music City, and we’re thankful to our industry allies who’ve been generous and welcoming from the very beginning.”

 

Joining Paquin’s agency division are Vesna Pejkovic, André Guérette and Jason Furman, who have been named vice presidents.

 

Pejkovic will work out of Vancouver, bringing Chris Botti and Raffi as clients to Paquin. 

 

Guérette and Furman will operate from Toronto. Guérette brings clients Patrick Watson, Shabaka Hutchings, Aya Nakamura, and Pink Martini, among others, and Furman’s roster includes Badbadnotgood, Straight No Chaser, grandson, and Matt Dusk. 

 

Also joining the PAA team in the role of agent assistant is Frédérique Bernatchez.