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