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Life and career
Alkan was born Charles-Valentin Morhange to a Jewish family in Paris.
He and his brothers used their father's first name, Alkan, as their last. Charles-Valentin Alkan spent his life in and around Paris, and died there, 74 years old.
Alkan was a child prodigy.
Biography of charles valentin
He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of six, where he studied both piano and organ. His teachers included Joseph Zimmermann, who also taught Georges Bizet, César Franck, Charles Gounod, and Ambroise Thomas. At the age of seven, he won a first prize for solfège, and at the age of nine, Luigi Cherubini described his technique and ability as extraordinary.
His opus 1 dates from 1828, when h