Roger Muraro was born in Lyon, France in 1959, to parents who came from the Venetia region of Northeast Italy. He grew up in a village in the Lyons region. Chance had it that, because there was no place for Roger in the local football club, his parents enrolled him in the local band, where he learned the saxophone. He entered the Conservatoire de Lyon at the age of 11, initially studying the saxophone. He began to teach himself the piano, and when this came to the attention of his saxophone professor, the latter enrolled him in the piano classes of Suzy Bossard. At 17 Muraro attempted the entry competition for the Paris Conservatoire. Although unsuccessful, he caught the attention of Yvonne Loriod, wife and privileged interpreter of the composer Olivier Messiaen. He joined her class in 1978. He obtained first prizes in chamber music in 1980 and in piano in 1981, and was a saxophone teacher at the music school of Mâcon in the early '80s. Muraro also studied with Éliane Richepain, who helped him prepare for the Tchaikovsky Competition, where he took fourth prize in 1986. He was awarded Victoire de la Musique in the category of instrumental soloist. (Wikipedia)
