While little is known of the first two decades of his life, he probably knew or studied with Johannes Regis, and he may have studied with Ockeghem; in addition it is likely he knew Dufay at the Burgundian court of Charles the Bold, since so much of his music follows in the model of the older composer. ###>Bien que l'on sache peu de choses sur les deux premières décennies de sa vie, il fut peut-être l’élève d’Ockeghem.