1. Beginnings

His French mother, formerly a violonist, decides that he too will play the violin.
 

At the age of 7, in a music academy in northern France, he is made to study often tiresome music notation and the art of playing that difficult instrument.
 

His first practical experience – in chamber music and symphony orchestra.
 

Then, into music composition, the responsibilities of conducting, the demands, the rigors, the temptations to give up.
 

Recognition, however, finally crowns his efforts.

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