Cortot studied at the Paris Conservatoire . His teachers were Emile Descombes and Louis DiÃ mer . Born in Nyon , Vaud , in the French-speaking part of Switzerland , to a French father and a Swiss mother , Cortot studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Ã mile Descombes ( an associate and possibly a student of FrÃ dÃ ric Chopin ) , and with Louis DiÃ mer , taking a premier prix in 1896 .