Andre Kostelanetz, popular. symphony orchestra conductor, will appear in Sanders Theatre on Thursday, March 23, for the first time, as guest conductor of the Boston symphony Orchestra, during its regular winter season.

Opening the concert at 8 o'clock with Kabelevsky's Overture to "Coles Breugnon," Kostelanetz will lead the orchestra in "Frontiers," by Creston, and in Stravinsky's Suite from the ballet "L'Oiseau de Feu." After an intermission the program will conclude with Cesar Franck's "Symphony in D Minor."

Kostelanetz, who a few years ago was called America's number one air lines passenger, is still one of the most widely-travelled conductors in America. In his coast to coast concert tour during the 1943-44 season, he has appeared as guest conductor with leading symphony orchestras in the United States and Canada.

Been With Many Orchestras

In addition to his forthcoming concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Kostelanetz has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Promenade Symphony Orchestra of Toronto, the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, and the St. Louis and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras. Later in the spring he will appear with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Born in St. Petersburg (now Leningrad), Kostelanetz made his professional debut as a concert pianist at the age of eight, and won his first major conducting assignment as Conductor of the Petrograd Grand Opera Orchestra when 19. He came to this country in 1927, and in 1930 was made conductor of one of the symphony orchestras of the Columbia Broadcasting System.

Kostelanetz will give two other performances before leaving, in Boston's Symphony Hall.