Walter

Walter Proost was born in Beveren-Waas (Belgium). He first studied piano and percussion and took orchestra conducting courses at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Antwerp (Belgium). He continued his training by two years of private conducting study with Maestro Jan Stulen, principal conductor of the Orchestra of the Dutch Radio and Television Broadcasting System in Hilversum. In 1978 and 1979 he perfected himself in the United States – with Leonard Bernstein – and in Japan.