 Fascinated by the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, when he was seventeen he decided to study the harpsichord and its huge repertoire.In June 2000 the "Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Genève", where he was in the class of Christiane Jaccottet, awarded him first prize in harpsichord virtuosity.He was the last of Jaccottet’s pupils to be entirely trained by her.