Fernand Caratgé (1902–1991) was born in Béziers. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Philippe Gaubert at the same time as Robert Hériché and Lucien Lavaillotte and obtained his Premier Prix in 1924, playing Incantation et Danse by Marc Delmas. A review from the 1920s said he had '…a charming and distinguished sound, great virtuosity and sense of the music