André Vandernoot

He studied at the Royal Music Conservatory in Brussels, and later flute and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik, Vienna.

For the 1974-1975 season, he was artistic director of the Belgian National Orchestra.

From 1979 to 1989, he was chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the RTBF in Brussels.

During the 1980s, he worked as artistic director and permanent conductor of Het Brabants Orkest (Tilburg).

He was married to Yugoslavian ballerina Dušanka Sifnios and they had two children: daughter Alexandra Vandernoot, an actress, and son, Patrick Vandernoot, golf instructor.