加雷斯·泽恩古特 (Gareth Zehngut) 晋升为第一助理首席中提琴手，肖恩·朱尔 (Sean Juhl) 则担任中提琴组首席助理.

克利夫兰交响乐团宣布任命三名新的音乐家加入其中提琴和巴松管部门。

加雷斯·泽恩古特 (Gareth Zehngut) 自 2022 年起一直担任克利夫兰交响乐团的中提琴手，并于 2025 年 10 月被任命为第一助理首席中提琴手。

乐团还任命肖恩·尤尔 (Sean Juhl) 为中提琴手，并于 2026 年 5 月开始担任该职务，凯瑟琳·范·汉德尔 (Catherine Van Handel) 担任巴松管助理首席。

在加入克利夫兰交响乐团之前，泽恩古特曾是明尼苏达交响乐团和圣地亚哥交响乐团中提琴部的成员。他毕业于茱莉亚音乐学院，曾担任芝加哥交响乐团的客座中提琴首席，此前曾担任俄勒冈巴赫音乐节管弦乐团的首席中提琴。  

Zehngut 接任 Charles M. Kimball 和 Janet G. Kimball 主席后评论道：“能够获得由 Lynne Ramsey 担任的主席的荣誉和责任，这是一个超出我想象的机会。”每天与这个令人难以置信的管弦乐团一起演奏都是令人兴奋的。

尤尔将于 2026 年 5 月加入中提琴组，此前他曾担任匹兹堡交响乐团的三个乐季成员。 2022年，他在茱莉亚音乐学院获得音乐学士学位，师从卡罗尔·罗德兰（Carol Rodland），并在2019年茱莉亚中提琴协奏曲比赛中获得一等奖。

尤尔表示，他对加入乐团感到“深感荣幸”。 ’我还在掐自己，这是真的！管弦乐总是让我感觉自己是比我自己更伟大的事物的一部分，我期待着为这个管弦乐团的遗产做出贡献，并迎接未来的挑战，”他说。

Gareth Zehngut moves up the section to the role of first assistant principal viola, while Sean Juhl joins as section violist.The Cleveland Orchestra has announced three new musician appointments to its viola and bassoon sections.Gareth Zehngut, who has been a section violist with The Cleveland Orchestra since 2022, was appointed first assistant principal viola and began the role in October 2025.

The orchestra has also appointed Sean Juhl as section violist, who begins his role in May 2026, and Catherine Van Handel as assistant principal bassoon.Prior to his role at The Cleveland Orchestra, Zehngut was a member of the Minnesota Orchestra and San Diego Symphony viola sections. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and has served as guest principal violist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and previously served as principal viola for the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra.  

Taking up the Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair, Zehngut commented: ’To be given the honour and responsibility of sitting in the chair previously held by Lynne Ramsey is an opportunity beyond anything I ever could have imagined. It is a thrill every day to play with this incredible Orchestra.’Juhl will join the viola section in May 2026, following three seasons as a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School in 2022, where he studied with Carol Rodland and won First Prize in the 2019 Juilliard Viola Concerto Competition.

Juhl said he was ‘deeply honoured’ to be joining the orchestra. ’I am still pinching myself that this is real! Orchestral music has always made me feel like part of something bigger than myself, and I look forward to contributing to this orchestra’s legacy and welcoming the challenges ahead,’ he said.