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'François Antoine Habeneck' (January 22, 1781-February 8, 1849) was a French violinist and conductor, born at Mézières. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris (1801), where he studied under Baillot and obtained the first violin prize (1804). He was appointed first violin at the Opéra, and he served as director (1806) and conductor of the orchestra from 1821 to 1824.
After conducting student concerts at the Conservatoire since 1806, Habeneck became the founding conductor of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1828. By means of these concerts, he introduced Beethoven's symphonies into France. He composed two concertos, compositions for the violin, and several songs. Among his pupils were Alard and Léonard. Berlioz, in his memoirs, denounced Habeneck for incompetence in conducting Berlioz's own Requiem.

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★ Brief biography from D. Kern Holoman's ''The Société des Concerts du Conservatoire 1828-1967'' (University of California Press, 2004).