The Cleveland Orchestra Hires Dover Quartet's Joel Link as New Concertmaster

The Cleveland Orchestra hires Dover Quartet's Joel Link as new concertmaster

Music director Franz Welser-Möst has selected the next person to lead The Cleveland Orchestra's first violin section. Joel Link has been appointed as concertmaster.

Joel Link Named Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra; Dover Quartet to Stay Together

By Laurie Niles: The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-M�st announced Thursday that violinist Joel Link has been appointed as the orchestra�s new concertmaster, effective July 3. Violinist Joel Link. Photo by Roy Cox. Link will hold the Blossom-Lee Concertmaster Chair, which was endowed by Mrs. John A. Lee in 1975 in honor of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Blossom, Sr., whose name also graces the Blossom Music Center, the Clev…