Michel Tabachnik | |
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| Born | 10 November 1942 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, composer, writer |
| Website | tabachnik |
Michel Tabachnik (born November 10, 1942) is a Swiss conductor and composer with an international career. A promoter of contemporary music, he has premiered a dozen works by Iannis Xenakis, among others. He is also the author of essays on music and novels. In 1995, he was implicated in the case regarding the mass murder-suicides of the Order of the Solar Temple, from which he was acquitted by the courts.