Thierry de Brunhoff is the son of Jean and CĂ©cile de Brunhoff, creators of Babar the elephant, and younger brother of Laurent de Brunhoff. He started taking piano lessons from Alfred Cortot at the age of 11. Cortot was his greatest musical influence, as he testified several times: "I owe him everything, everything that I can timidly be, I owe him" or "he took you with him, not into another world, but into the heart of the world [...] in overcoming yourself." Read more on Last.fm