A Swiss pianist, composer and teacher. He studied piano, organ and composition in Paris. He was chapel-master of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Geneva. From the 40s, he taught composition and orchestration at the Geneva Conservatory. He wrote piano, orchestral and vocal-instrumental works, and also ballets and film music. In 1975, he was a juror of the 9th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.
