The distinguished conductor Michel Tabachnik has held the position of Chief Conductor of the Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra in Lisbon, the  Orchestre Philharmonique de Lorraine and the Ensemble InterContemporain in Paris. His impressive roster of orchestras includes the Berlin Philharmonic, Concertgebow Orchestra, Amsterdam, Tokyo NHK, Orchestre de Paris,  and festivals such as Lucerne, Salzburg, Aix en Provence, etc…

In the operatic field Michel Tabachnik has conducted in the opera houses of Paris, Geneva, Zürich, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Rome, Montreal, Genova,  etc. He has been a regular guest with the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, where he led, among other works, Lohengrin, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, The Rake's Progress…

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

Since September 2008, Michel Tabachnik is chief-conductor / artistic director of the Brussels Philharmonic (ex Flemish Radio Orchestra).

Michel Tabachnik has a close affinity with  young musicians and works with several important youth orchestras. He was Artistic Director of l'Orchestre des Jeunes du Québec (1985-1989) and, over a twelve year period, l'Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée,  which he founded in 1984.

He is also a respected pedagogue. In addition to leading Master Classes in Amsterdam (NOS), Lisbon (the Gulbenkian Foundation), Paris Conservatoire, Stockholm  Conservatory, etc, he has also held the position of Professor of Conducting at both the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto (1984-1991), and the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen (1993-2001).

Michel  Tabachnik studied piano, composition and conducting in his home town of Geneva. As a young conductor he was a protégé of Igor Markevitch, Herbert von Karajan and Pierre Boulez, acting as the latter's assistant for four  years, mainly with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London. This led him to become closely involved with the music of our time and to perform many world Premieres, particularly those of Iannis Xenakis who considered him a  favorite interpreter.

In addition to his work as a conductor, Michel Tabachnik is highly regarded as a composer. He has been honored with many important commissions including "La Légende de Haïsha" for the  anniversary of the Bicentenaire de la Révoltion Française, "Le Cri de Mohim" for the 700^th Year of Switzerland, or "Le Pacte des Onze" for I.R.C.A.M. Paris.

Michel Tabachnik records for Erato  and Lyrinx, with whom he has been associated since 1991. His discography demonstrates the breadth of his repertoire, which ranges from Beethoven through Wagner to Honegger and Xenakis, amongst others. His recording of  the Schumann Piano Concerto (with Catherine Collard as soloist) was voted Best Performance of the work by the international jury at the Radio Suisse Romande.

In 1995, Michel Tabachnik was named Artist of the Year by the Italian "Centro Internazionale di Arte e Cultura" in Rome.