Bob Quintana’s introduction to the world of musical performance came at the age of 11, when his grandmother urged him to begin taking classical guitar lessons in his native Bronx, NY. Soon thereafter, he was also enrolled in music theory classes and learning to read music.

 

A passion was quickly born, and this lead to high school and college educations at the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (guitar/violin) and Mannes School of Music (Countertenor) in New York City. It was during his time at the former institution that his obsession with vocal performance and repertoire began.

 

Instead of pursuing a path as a performer, Bob entered the business world and spent the ensuing years immersing himself in the field of marketing, taking on roles of increasing importance at various advertising agencies and paving the way for an eventual transition into the area of business management.

 

Bob founded Quintana Artist Management in 2021 at the height of the COVID pandemic, leveraging his knowledge of voices and repertoire and combining it with his marketing and business management experience to create powerful professional relationships. With this, Quintana Artist Management was born, and has operated from its Bucks County, Pennsylvania office since its inception.

 

Since its inception, QAM’s artists have been engaged by organizations such as Arizona Opera, Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Bard Summerscape, Belgian National Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Opera, Central City Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Cincinnati May Festival, Cincinnati Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Detroit Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Domstufen Festspiele Erfurt, Edinburgh International Festival, Festival Napa Valley, Florida Grand Opera, Fort Worth Symphony, Glimmerglass Festival, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Grand Teton Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Korea National Opera, LA Master Chorale, LA Opera, LA Philharmonic, Lincoln Center Theater, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, The Metropolitan Opera, Minnesota Orchestra, Nashville Opera, Nashville Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Oakland Symphony, Opera Australia, Opera Colorado, Opera Columbus, Opéra National de Lyon, Opera Philadelphia, Orchestra Iowa, Orchestre Classique de Montréal, Orlando Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Pacific Symphony, Palm Beach Opera, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Portland Opera, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Ballet and Opera, Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Sarasota Opera, Seattle Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Spoleto Festival, Sun Valley Music Festival, Symphony San Jose, Tallahassee Symphony, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Utah Opera, Vancouver Bach Choir, Vancouver Opera, Virginia Opera, Washington National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, and Wexford Festival Opera.

 

Bob was recently a judge for the 2024 Opera Columbus Cooper-Bing Competition and the 2025 Camille Coloratura Awards. He lives in Bucks County, PA with his husband Bob (that’s not a typo) and son Jacob, and their dog (Molly) and cat (Tara).