Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Born in Nyon , Vaud , in the French-speaking part of Switzerland , to a French father and a Swiss mother , Cortot studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Ã mile Descombes ( an associate and possibly a student of FrÃ dÃ ric Chopin ) , and with Louis DiÃ mer , taking a premier prix in 1896 .
Simplified: Cortot studied at the Paris Conservatoire . His teachers were Emile Descombes and Louis DiÃ mer .