Alfred Cortot
Hubert was born in Mouscron, Belgium in 1895. She began her musical studies at the Conservatory of Lille, where she won the first prize for piano in 1906. Her remarkable talent attracted the attention of Alfred Cortot, André Gedalge and Gabriel Fauré. She enrolled at the Paris Conservatoire in 1906, first studying piano with Marguerite Long and later in 1908, with Alfred Cortot. She also studied chamber music with Camille Chevillard and theory with Maurice Emmanuel. She won first prize for piano at the Paris Conservatoire in 1911.