Klarinet Archive - Posting 000166.txt from 1996/07

From: Hsuan-Yi Chen <hschen@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: a simple question
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 13:45:56 -0400

On Tue, 9 Jul 1996, Jeroen T. Salm wrote:

> Hi!
> I am curious about Georg Pieterson: is he still playing clarinet in
> Concertgebouw Orchestra? If not, who is the principal clarinettist there?
> Hsuan-Yi Chen
>
> yes, he's still playing in the KCO-Amsterdam. The other one (since 1991 I
> believe) is Jacques Meertens, who got the job of Piet Honingh, who played
> after retirement second clarinet until this month.
> Both Meertens and Pieterson are playing Herbert Wurlitzer Reform Boehm, (by
> the way).
>
> Is "the simple question" answered?
>
> see ya',
> Jeroen T. salm
> (the Netherlands)
>

Well, whatever the instruments they are using, I always think they have
very distinctive and beautiful tone.

So, you are saying that there are 2 principal clarinettists in the KCO-
Amsterdam? That's so different from the U.S. orchestras.

Hsuan-Yi Chen