Thibaut Garcia

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Thibaut Garcia (born 26 May 1994, Toulouse, France) is a French classical guitarist.

Early life and education[]

Garcia, whose Spanish origins have influenced his style, began playing the guitar at the age of seven. He obtained his chamber music diploma in the class of Renaud Grus in Toulouse, and his guitar diploma with the honour mention in the class of Paul Ferret. At sixteen he entered the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) and studied with Olivier Chassain with whom he achieved his bachelor with the honours. He studies in private lessons with Judicael Perroy.

Awards[]

In 2015 Garcia was awarded the 1st prize of the Guitar Foundation of America 2015.[1]

Garcia has performed for the French TV show la boîte à musique on France 2 (French Television), invited by the musician Jean-François Zygel and performed on France Musique in December 2015 in Gaëlle Le Gallic’s program. He received the Prix Filleul 2015 of the Académie Charles Cros.[2][3]

Discography[]

  • Demain dès l’aube (Contrastes Records / Naxos, 2014)
  • Leyendas (Erato / Warner Classics, 2016)
  • "Bach Inspirations" (Erato / Warner Classics, 2018)
  • Aranjuez (Erato / Warner Classics, 2020)

Album with Phillipe Jarrousky

References[]

  1. ^ "Classical guitar sensation Thibaut Garcia signs exclusive contract with Erato". warnerclassics.com. June 2016.
  2. ^ "Biography". thibautgarcia-guitarist.com. 2014.
  3. ^ "Palmares 2016: Prix Filleul 2015". Académie Charles Cros /charlescros.org. Retrieved 2020-12-24.

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