Was Debussy ever a conductor??

[Bob]

I found a drawing in kids' music book of Debussy conducting.  I don't ever remember him being mentioned for conducting anything.

[arensky]

I recall reading that he despised conducting and playing the piano (always his own works) in public, but did it anyway for the $$$ because people wanted to hear him interpret his music.

[pianistimo]

and he needed the money because bardac's uncle disinherited her (so debussy had to make some money for himself conducting his own works - even though he disliked it).