Although in 1926 he had completed his four-year course of studies in law, the emphasis of his interest lay in music, which he studied at the Music Academy, choosing two areas that were to occupy him the whole of his life: pianism and composing.
Premda je 1926. apsolvirao četverogodišnji studij prava, težište je njegova zanimanja glazba koju je studirao na Muzičkoj akademiji opredijelivši se za dva područja koja će ga zaokupljati čitava života: pijanizam i skladateljstvo.