George Pieterson

George Pieterson (born March 5, 1942 in Amsterdam , † April 24, 2016 ) was a Dutch clarinetist.

Pieterson started playing the clarinet at the age of eleven - as a preventative measure against a predisposition to asthma. He then studied clarinet at the Muzieklyceum Amsterdam with Jos D'Hondt (his uncle) and ensemble playing with Thom de Klerk . Other teachers were Rudolph Kolish and, in England, Maria Curcio .

In 1975 he became principal clarinetist with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest . After stints with the Gelders Orkest and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra , he was principal clarinet of the Concertgebouw Orchestra until his retirement in 2004 . He was also active as a chamber musician. At the end of the 1950s he founded the “Aulos Kwintet” with the flutist Martine Bakker , the oboist Edo de Waart , the bassoonist Joep Terweij and the horn player Jaap Verhaar at the Amsterdam Musiklyzeum, which played mostly contemporary music under the direction of Thom de Klerk.

With his fellow students Reinbert de Leeuw and Vera Beths , he founded the Rondon series in 1972 , in whose first concert Arnold Schönberg's Serenade (with the singer Lieuwe Visser ) was performed. The “Rondom Kwartet” (with George Pieterson - clarinet, Vera Beths - viola, Anner Bylsma - cello and Reinbert de Leeuw - piano) emerged from the series of events in 1977 . The line-up was owed to Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps , a work that was part of the quartet's standard repertoire. The recording made by the Harlekijn record label in 1980 is still the international standard today.

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SURNAME	Pieterson, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch clarinetist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 2016