WKSU News: An interlude with the region's newest musical leader

The Cleveland Institute of Music's new president respects all genres

WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports


	Reporter Vivian Goodman

The Cleveland Institute of Music's new leader is conducting his duties... con brio . President Joel Smirnoff happily lifts his baton as a guest conductor for major orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony and New World Symphony. But he's really a virtual quartet: conductor, soloist, teacher, and chamber musician. He's best known as the first violinist of the Julliard String Quartet . Smirnoff arrived in Cleveland last month and is already whipping out his fiddle and joining right in:

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Joel Smirnoff in his office at the Cleveland Institute of Music

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