 Here he was a student of Berthe Duru (solfège), Jules Gentil (piano), Félix Passerone (drums), Marcel Dupré and Rolande Falcinelli (organ and improvisation), Louis Fourestier (conducting), Noël Gallon (counterpoint and fugue), Henri Challan (harmony), Norbert Dufourcq (music history) and Tony Aubin (composition).In 1961 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata "La Loreley".This was followed by a stay at the Villa Medici in Rome until 1965.