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Michel Plasson
Michel Plasson, born in Paris on 2 October 1933, is a French conductor whose
career began with studies under Lazare Lévy at the Conservatoire de Paris and
early work as a drummer in Parisian clubs. After winning the first prize at the
Besançon International Conducting Competition in 1962, he refined his technique
with Erich Leinsdorf, Pierre Monteux and Leopold Stokowski before returning to
France. From 1968 to 2003, he served as music director of the Capitole de
Toulouse. In the 1990s, he began working with and became principal conductor of
the Staatskapelle Dresden for seven ye...
