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"...Mr. Jacobsen was an interpretive dynamo...
brisk tempos and spotlighted inner voices,
the "Pastoral" Symphony was a modern city
boys vision of the country-side..."
The New York Times
[Ives' The Unanswered Question] has never been played so beautifully and magically as now...'
Conductor and cellist Eric Jacobsen is dedicated to imaginative programming and projects, which invite audiences into a shared experience. As Music Director for The Knights, an orchestra formed by brothers Eric and Colin Jacobsen to bring the intimacy and camaraderie of chamber music to the orchestral stage, Mr. Jacobsen has led the orchestra in numerous performances, tours, and recording projects. Mr. Jacobsen and The Knights opened the 2009 Dresden Musikfestspiele with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony as well as Osvaldo Golijov’s arrangement of Schubert songs with soloist Dawn Upshaw. In September of 2010 Mr. Jacobsen conducted The Knights at The Caramoor Festival with Yo-Yo Ma as soloist. He also led The Knights in a tour of Germany last fall with cellist Jan Vogler. In 2012, Jacobsen and The Knights will feature Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in their Germany tour. After a wildly successful performance in 2010, Mr. Jacobsen and The Knights were invited again in 2011to perform at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival.
Under Mr. Jacobsen’s baton, The Knights have released two albums on SONY Classical. The first – Jan Vogler and The Knights, Experience Live from New York – pairs Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 and Waltzes with the music of Jimi Hendrix. New Worlds, released last spring, celebrates music of the Americas, including Copland's Appalachian Spring along with works by Ives, Dvorak, Golijov and Gabriela Lena Frank. In 2012, The Knights will tour the United States performing works from their New Worlds album.
In early 2012, Mr. Jacobsen will release an album dedicated to Schubert and Minimalism; including two Schubert symphonies paired with music by Erik Satie, Morton Feldman and Philip Glass.
Mr. Jacobsen has collaborated with Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony in the music of Pablo de Sarasate performing at Le Poisson Rouge in New York. He has also led Camerata Bern in the first European performance of Mark O'Connor’s American Seasons, with the composer as soloist.
Mr. Jacobsen is a member of Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. He has participated in residencies and performances in Azerbaijan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Switzerland and across the USA including The Art Institute of Chicago and The Hollywood Bowl. As a founding member of the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, Mr. Jacobsen has toured extensively in North America and Europe. He can be heard on many albums recorded by both of these ensembles.
An avid educator, Mr. Jacobsen is on the New York University faculty. He conducts the NYU Orchestras and teaches chamber music and cello. He has also led collaborative concerts with students of the Children’s Orchestra Society sitting alongside musicians from The Knights.
The Knights with Mr. Jacobsen and Brooklyn Rider are both represented by Opus 3 Artists.
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