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“a group of instrumentalists whose collective musicianship is electrifying: full of just the right combination of wonder, play, and discovery”
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“The Knights always sound alive, and tonight was no exception. Their togetherness and verve complemented Wu Man’s enthusiasm as she seemed to invite them into her solo role, making it sound like a big chamber ensemble playing off one another rather than an orchestra providing accompaniment to a star virtuoso.”
— Ben Gambuzza, writing for EarRelevant (2025)
“MetLive Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s performing arts series, will kick off its 2025-2026 season tomorrow night with a program featuring pipa virtuoso Wu Man…Colin Jacobsen, concertmaster and co-artistic director of the Knights, called the Harrison work ‘a piece of modern music that just attains this joyful, visceral, evocative sense. (And) you just love working with Wu Man.’“
— Jane Levere, writing for Forbes (2025)
“One thing about The Knights is that they’re very young and passionate about music. The younger generation challenges themselves to embrace many different styles of music in their programming—not only Western classical, but also contemporary, pop, and world music. In the twenty-first century, every kid listens to all kinds of music—not like when I grew up in closed-door China, where we only knew ourselves. I think that’s an example for future generations of orchestral musicians.”
— Wu Man, speaking to Emery Kerekes for The Metropolitan Museum (2025)
“Herrera had as her collaborators members of The Knights, the extraordinary chamber orchestra put together by Colin and Eric Jacobson, whose luscious string sound created a counterpoint and firm undergirding for her music.”
— Scott Gutterman, writing for The Brooklyn Rail (2025)
“In Gabriel Kahane's words, “Heirloom is an aural family scrapbook, exploring, in its three movements, a series of inheritances.” The album also features “Where are the Arms,” the title track from Kahane’s sophomore LP, heard here in a new orchestral arrangement performed by Gabriel Kahane (vocals, guitar, electronics) with The Knights.”
— Nonesuch (2025)
“The Knights are clearly ascendant at Carnegie Hall.”
— Seth Colter Walls, writing in The New York Times (2025)