Jon Batiste Signs With UTA
The seven-time Grammy winner will be represented by the agency in all areas.
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Seven-time Grammy winner and Academy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste has signed with UTA for representation in all areas, the agency announced Thursday (Feb. 5) Batiste is also a composer and performer who has built a career spanning multiple genres and disciplines.
This Sunday (Feb. 9), Batiste is set to perform the national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl in his hometown of New Orleans.
Batiste’s latest studio album Beethoven Blues, released in November via Verve Records/Interscope, blends Beethoven’s compositions with Batiste’s own approach to the piano. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart and held the top spot for five weeks. It also reached the top of the Classical Crossover Albums chart where it sat at the peak for 10 weeks.
Batiste’s 2021 album We Are received 11 Grammy nominations across seven categories and ultimately won five awards, including album of the year.
Batiste was the subject of Matthew Heineman’s 2023 documentary American Symphony, released on Netflix in partnership with production company Higher Ground. Batiste and Grammy winner Dan Wilson penned the emotional song “It Never Went Away” for the film, which earned an Oscar nomination for best original song in 2024. American Symphony also won best music film at this year’s Grammys, while a track featured in the film, “It Never Went Away,” won best song written for visual media.
A Juilliard graduate, Batiste served as the bandleader and musical director of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015 to 2022. His early Grammy recognition included a nomination for best American roots performance in 2018 for his rendition of “Saint James Infirmary Blues” and two nominations in 2020 for Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard and Meditations (with Cory Wong). That same year, he won the Academy Award for best original score for Disney/Pixar’s Soul alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. In 2024, he also composed the score for Jason Reitman’s film Saturday Night live on-set during filming.
Batiste additionally runs his own company with an executive team led by Jonathan Azu, Dan Shulman, Ryan Lynn and ID PR.
