Editing Patrick Moraz (section)

==Early life==
Moraz was born on 24 June 1948 on an aeroplane,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/yes-im-not-jumping-into-wakemans-bootsit-will-be-different|title=Yes: I'm Not Jumping Into Wakeman's Boots...It Will Be Different|first=Chris|last=Welch|work=Melody Maker|date=17 August 1974|via=Rock's Backpages|url-access=subscription|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref> though [[Morges]], Switzerland, has been cited as his hometown. He was born in to a musical family; his father used to work for Polish pianist and composer [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]].<ref name=dmme/> He has a sister, Patricia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603220/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_patricia%2520moraz | title=Patricia Moraz &#124; Writer, Director, Producer | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> As a child, Moraz played the violin, piano, and percussion and wrote compositions for the piano at the age of five. He studied jazz and classical music until his development came to an abrupt halt at thirteen after he broke four fingers in a roller skating accident. He recalled, "I was told I could never play classical music again".{{sfn|Welch|2008|page=152}} Following a course of therapy and a considerable amount of practice with his left hand playing, Moraz was able to regain his technique, becoming [[ambidextrous]] in the process.{{sfn|Welch|2008|page=152}} Initially, Moraz wished to be an [[anthropologist]] and learned to speak [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]]. Instead he chose to pursue music and studied in [[Lausanne]] at the [[Lausanne Conservatory]],<ref name=musicguy/> where he studied with [[Clara Haskil]] and, while in Paris, [[Nadia Boulanger]].<ref name=tulsaworld1995/> At sixteen, Moraz became the youngest person to receive the Best Soloist award at the [[Zürich]] jazz festival.<ref name=rockmusicwriter/> Moraz went on to win awards at the festival, as a solo artist or in his jazz groups, for five consecutive years.<ref name=musicguy/> In 1964, Moraz spent his summer in [[Cadaqués]], Spain as a [[scuba diving]] instructor and spent time with [[Salvador Dalí]] at his property in [[Portlligat Museum-House|Portlligat]] where he organised and performed at several gatherings for his guests.<ref name=musicguy>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicguy247.typepad.com/my-blog/2015/09/patrick-moraz-an-interview-with-the-keyboardist-formally-of-yes-and-the-moody-blues.html|title=Patrick Moraz - An interview with the keyboardist, formally of "Yes" and "The Moody Blues"|first=Robert|last=von Bernewitz|date=4 September 2015|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=rockmusicwriter/>

At seventeen, Moraz's playing as a jazz soloist at a music festival earned him a prize of a collection of albums and some lessons with French jazz soloist [[Stéphane Grappelli]] who taught him "all I needed to know about jazz and rock".<ref name=innerviews/>{{sfn|Welch|2008|page=152}} Moraz also spent time performing in several countries in Africa.<ref name=nfte>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfte.org/interviews/PM299.html|title=Conversation with Patrick Moraz (NFTE #299)|first=Tim|last=Morse|publisher=Notes from the Edge|date=21 May 2006|access-date=26 May 2015}}</ref> In November 1964, Moraz left Switzerland for England, a place he always wanted to visit and perform. Not knowing the English language, he arrived in [[Bournemouth]] where he stayed for six months. Prior to his travels, Moraz's father offered him work as a chef in Switzerland in one of his kitchens that he managed, with the hope of using the skill to work in England. Moraz cooked at a school for a £2.88 salary (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|2.88|1964|r=-2}}|0}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}}){{Inflation-fn|UK}}, calling it "one of the hardest jobs I ever had". He played the piano in a local pub and tea room for more money.<ref name=musicguy/> However, he was kicked out of the [[Musicians' Union (UK)|Musicians' Union]] because he took up employment as a bar pianist with an incorrect type of work visa. The director of the union then spotted him playing in a restaurant, causing Moraz to leave the country and cancel proposals to jam with a Bournemouth group, the Night People.{{sfn|Welch|2008|page=153}} He also worked by selling encyclopaedias in [[Geneva]].<ref name=musicguy/> In 1965, Moraz's quartet won an award at the Zürich jazz festival,<ref name=musicguy/> and was soon invited to be the opening act for a European tour headlined by American saxophonist [[John Coltrane]].{{sfn|Welch|2008|page=152}}