Radio de André Cluytens
André Cluytens (March 26, 1905 - June 3, 1967) was a Belgian-born French conductor. He was born in Antwerp to a musical family. At age nineteen he graduated from the Royal Flemish Conservatory with first prizes in piano, harmony, counterpoint, and fugue. His father Alphonse was conductor of the Antwerp Opera (the Theatre Royal), and he engaged his son as chorusmaster and coach. He succeeded his father at the opera, conducting productions there in 1927 with his debut being Les Pêcheurs de Perles. In 1932, he became the conductor at the Théâtre du Capitole of Toulouse, conducting primarily the orchestra concerts. In 1935 he was first conductor of the Opéra National de Lyon where he became the musical director in 1942. During World War II he led the Vichy summer concerts which may have led to his short-term blacklisting by the musicians? union at Bordeaux. In 1947, he became the musical director at the Opera Comique where he conducted 40 works between 1947-1953.