The Cleveland Orchestra, leaderless since David Radzynski resigned in March, has upgraded a recent member of the second violins to the title of first associate concertmaster.
Xie, from Shanghai, joined the orchestra ten months ago. He studied with Miriam Fried at NEC in Boston.
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