Jacques Meertens (born 16 April 1948)
[Vereniging Gepensioneerden Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest website]
/ref> is a Dutch clarinetist. He was the principal clarinetist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from September 1990 until his retirement in April 2013.[ 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.][ Meertens was clarinetist at the and in ]Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
before he joined the Concertgebouw Orchestra.Soloklarinettist Jacques Meertens met pensioen
at concertgebouworkest.nl
References
1948 births
Living people
Dutch clarinetists
Classical clarinetists
Players of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni
Musicians from Limburg (Netherlands)
21st-century clarinetists
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