Effective period / Period of releases: 1953 - 2015

Members: Silvia Tentori Montalto, Martine Buyens, Denis-Pierre Gustin, Katrien Vintioen, Laurence Dubar, Julien Beneteau, Jean-Michel Charlier, Luc Loubry, Ivo Hadermann, Bram Nolf, David Cohen (2), Edouard Thise, Leo Wouters, Jérémie Fèvre, Ariane Plumerel, Ludo Joly, Philip Handschoewerker, Marc Degraeuwe, Philippe Lefin, Annie LaVoisier, Bob Permentier, Uroš Nastić, Bert Helsen, Filip Suys, Anthony Devriendt, Dimitri Baeteman, Vladimir Babeshko, Jan Van Duffel, Nico Schoeters, Dirk Van Der Moortel, Nicolas De Harven, Isabelle Deschamps, Hartwig D'Haene, Bernard Wasnaire, Filip Neyens, Marc Sabbah, Isabelle Chardon, Nathalie Lefin, Gergana Terziyska, Katelijne Onsia, Luc Devleeschhouwer, Alexei Moshkov, Sophie Causanschi, Guido Liveyns, Olsi Leka, Jozef Matthessen, Ward Opsteyn, Roeland Hendrikx, Sylvia Huang, Arnaud Guittet, Marie-Danielle Turner, Ana Spanu, Davy Taccogna, Sophie Demoulin (2)

Belgian symphonic orchestra, founded in 1936 by Désiré Defauw and based in Brussels. Its principal concert venue is the Palais Des Beaux-Arts, Brussels/Bozar, Brussels.
Before 2017 it was known in Dutch as Nationaal Orkest van België and in French as Orchestre National de Belgique. That year the name officially changed into the English Belgian National Orchestra.

Music Directors and Principal Conductors
- André Cluytens (1958-1967)
- Michael Gielen (1969-1971)
- André Vandernoot (1974-1985)
- Georges Octors (1985-1989)
- Mendi Rodan (1983-1989)
- Ronald Zollman (1989-1993)
- Yuri Simonov (1994-2002)
- Mikko Franck (2002-2007)
- Walter Weller (2007-2012)
- Andrey Boreyko (2012-2017)
- Hugh Wolff (2017-)