 First Grand Prix de Rome in 1952, he won the same year the Sogeda Prize for his ballet "Le Petit Jeu".Lecturer at the Conservatoire de Paris since 1957, he taught preparation for the teaching profession, solfège and counterpoint, then in 1970 he assumed the function of professor advisor to studies.The Grand Prix du disque français was awarded to him in 1982 for his television work "La Rivière Perdue".