Jacques_Meertens

Jacques Meertens

Jacques Meertens

Dutch clarinetist

Jacques Meertens (born 16 April 1948)[1] is a Dutch clarinetist. He was the principal clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from September 1990 until his retirement in April 2013.[1][2] He plays on a German Reform-Boehm system clarinet.

A native of Limburg, Meertens studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Bram de Wilde, who was principal clarinetist at the Concertgebouw Orchestra between 1940 and 1975.[1] Meertens was clarinetist at the Nederlands Balletorkest [nl] and Noordhollands Philharmonisch Orkest [nl] in Haarlem before he joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Vereniging Gepensioneerden Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest website
  2. [2]
    Kasper Jansen, Proefspelen achter het zwarte gordijn, NRC Handelsblad, 28 February 2013.
  3. [3]
    Soloklarinettist Jacques Meertens met pensioen[dead link]at concertgebouworkest.nl



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