André Vandernoot (born 2 June 1927,

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; died 6 November 1991, Brussels) was a Belgian

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

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. In 1951, he was a prize-winner in a conducting competition in

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, France. From 1959 to 1973, Vandernoot was conductor and artistic director of

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. For the 1974-1975 season, he was artistic director of the Belgian National Orchestra. From 1975 to 1983, he was chief conductor of

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(

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), which is now called

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. He was also director of the Noord Philharmonic Orchestra (

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) from 1978 to 1979. From 1979 to 1989, he was chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the

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in Brussels. During the 1980s, he worked as artistic director and permanent conductor of Het Brabants Orkest (Tilburg). He was married to

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n ballerina

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and they had two children: daughter

Alexandra Vandernoot Alexandra Vandernoot (born 19 September 1965) is a Belgian film and television actress. Career Vandernoot was born in Brussels in 1965. She is the daughter of Yugoslavia-born ballerina Dušanka Sifnios and Belgian conductor André Vandernoot. ...

, an actress, and son, Patrick Vandernoot, golf instructor.

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Belgian male conductors (music) Musicians from Brussels 1927 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Belgian conductors (music) 20th-century Belgian male musicians Chief conductors of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra Music directors of the Belgian National Orchestra {{Belgium-conductor-stub