 At first, he studied law at the Lycée Janson de Sailly, and then studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris with Xavier Leroux.He became friends with Maurice Ravel who later dedicated "Alborada del gracioso" from the piano suite "Miroirs" to Calvocoressi.As a talented polyglot, Calvocoressi began a career in 1902 as a music critic and correspondent for several English, American, German and Russian periodicals.