Eric Jacobsen has been announced as the next Music Director of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, effective on 1st July. Jacobsen replaces JoAnn Falletta who serves also as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center and Artistic Adviser of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra.
Conductor and cellist Eric Jacobsen is Artistic Director and conductor of The Knights, an orchestra which he founded, and serves as the Music Director for the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.