[1][2] He studied firstly with John Carewe and Norman Del Mar, then later with Ferdinand Leitner at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and Leonard Bernstein at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.
After winning the first Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, Constantine went to Russia's Leningrad Conservatory for a year of study with the then 90-year-old Ilya Musin.
After winning the first Donatella Flick/ Accademia Italiana Conducting Competition Andrew Constantine made his Royal Festival Hall debut with the London Philharmonic.
In his first concert with the orchestra, the Reading Eagle praised his "attention to detail" further stating that "the musicians' response to Constantine's faultless direction, made this a thoroughly captivating performance".
[6] Constantine later gained further praise for his consistently creative and compelling programming over the seasons in Reading, and won acclaim with the orchestra for the RSO's Star Spangled Spectacular on 4 July 2011 in front of a sellout crowd.
Along the same wavelength, he introduced to The Phil's 2011–2012 season an "audience choice" concert, where fans of the orchestra were able to vote online for which composers and pieces they wished to hear.
[3] In the US he has won great praise for his ability to communicate with audiences and his energetic and compelling advocacy for classical music have gained him many admirers.
Both his compatriots and critics have had nothing but good to say of the English-born conductor: Though working in both Reading, PA, and Fort Wayne, IN, Constantine still resides where he began his career in the US in Baltimore, MD.