 After a brief period as conductor of the Opéra-Comique, Pascal became professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1952, a position he held until his retirement in 1987.From 1969 to 1979 he worked as a music critic for "Le Figaro", and from 1983 to 1991 he was an expert on copyright issues at the Paris Court of Appeals.Pascal's extensive work as a composer includes practically every musical genre.