A French composer who also worked as a conductor. He visited Japan three times. He studied violin at the conservatories of Lyon and Paris, and after graduation, he studied composition with Roussel and conducting with Munch and Désormière. Although he published his works as a composer earlier than his debut as a conductor, his activities as a conductor became more active after World War II when he was appointed conductor of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire and the Bordeaux Symphony Orchestra. He also conducted the Orchestre Lamoureux, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française. He composed numerous works, including symphonies.