Composer Photo : Sylvie Bisconi born on 13 August 1951 the son of Marius Casadesus (1892-1981) and Gladys Thibaud (1928), pianist Gréco CASADESUS was born on 13 August 1951 in Montmartre, Paris. His musical education started early: at three, he got his first violin lessons with his father. Soon after, he started learning the piano and musical theory, first with his mother and then at the conservatoire of Paris where he rapidly obtained his first medal for musical theory. Later, he won prizes in the following subjects : piano, harmony, analysis, history of music and others (Conservatoires of Paris and Versailles). For his general education, in secondary school, his chose a section with a strong mathematical background. He then went on to study musicology and after obtaining his degree, taught music at the Claude Bernard high-school in Paris. But the calling was not there and he was rather attracted to the world of recording studios. He soon applied for a position as artistic director of the classical music section at Pathé-Marconi/EMI, which he obtained, despite his young age (22).