He took home the top prize, which allowed him to study for three years in the Italian capital, though he returned to Paris after two years. In 1884, when he was just 22 years old, Debussy entered his cantata L'Enfant prodigue ( The Prodigal Child) in the Prix de Rome, a competition for composers. With her and her children, Debussy traveled Europe and began accumulating musical and cultural experiences in Russia that he would soon turn toward his compositions, most notably gaining exposure to Russian composers who would greatly influence his work. In 1880, Nadezhda von Meck, who had previously supported Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, hired Debussy to teach piano to her children. By age 10 or 11, he had entered the Paris Conservatory, where his instructors and fellow students recognized his talent but often found his attempts at musical innovation strange. While his family had little money, Debussy showed an early affinity for the piano, and he began taking lessons at the age of 7. Early LifeĪchille-Claude Debussy was born on August 22, 1862, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, the oldest of five children.
During World War I, while Paris was being bombed by the German air force, he succumbed to colon cancer at the age of 55. After the turn of the century, Debussy established himself as the leading figure of French music.
At age 22, he won the Prix de Rome, which financed two years of further musical study in the Italian capital. Claude Debussy was born into a poor family in France in 1862, but his obvious gift at the piano sent him to the Paris Conservatory at age 11.
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