15 Facts About Michel Tabachnik

Michel Tabachnik was born on 10 November 1942 and is a Swiss conductor and composer with an international career.

Michel Tabachnik is the author of essays on music and novels.

In 1994, the Solar Temple committed mass suicide, and following another mass suicide the next year, Michel Tabachnik was investigated and tried twice for responsibility in the OTS deaths.

Michel Tabachnik was acquitted on all counts in both trials, and returned to conducting.

Michel Tabachnik was born in Geneva, Switzerland on 10 November 1942.

In 1976, the French Minister of Culture Michel Tabachnik Guy gave him creative control over the direction of two new orchestras.

In June 1977, having an interest in esotericism, Michel Tabachnik met Joseph Di Mambro, one of the two future leaders of the Order of the Solar Temple, a group notorious for mass suicides and murders in the 1990s.

Michel Tabachnik had been introduced with his wife Christiane Meylan to, a precursor group, by Nicole Koymans; he joined the next year.

In 1981, he switched wives with Christian Pechot, a member of the OTS, with Pechot marrying to Meylan and Michel Tabachnik marrying Pechot's wife Sabine Reuter, who was a student of Di Mambro.

Michel Tabachnik was Artistic Director of l'Orchestre des Jeunes du Quebec and, over a twelve-year period, l'Orchestre des jeunes de la Mediterranee which he founded in 1984.

Michel Tabachnik has held the position of Chief Conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, the Orchestre national de Lorraine, the Ensemble InterContemporain in Paris and the Northern Netherlands Orchestra.

Michel Tabachnik largely escaped negative attention following the first deaths, but following the second mass suicide in December 1995, his name made headline news.

Michel Tabachnik's stated defense at the time was that he had little to do with the OTS, which backfired when more evidence came out and this was found to be untrue.

Since September 2005, Michel Tabachnik is chief-conductor of the Noord Nederlands Orkest.

From 2008 until 2015, Michel Tabachnik was the music director and chief-conductor of the Brussels Philharmonic.