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Thibaut Garcia

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Thibaut Garcia 1 ©Warner Classics Erato / Marco Borggreve

This last decade, Thibaut Garcia has established himself as one of the most gifted guitarists of his generation. He is now performing in the finest halls and festivals around the world: Wigmore Hall in London, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Berlin, Verbier Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, Palacio de Bella Artes in Mexico, Luxemburg Philharmonie, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Palau de Musica in Barcelona, Bordeaux Auditorium, Grand Théâtre de Provence…

A regular guest of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse since 2016, Thibaut Garcia premiered Benjamin Attahir’s concerto El Bihr there in 2023. He has also collaborated with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, the BBC orchestras, the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, the Silesian Philharmonic, the Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Losz Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de Metz, the Orchestre National de Lyon… He has performed alongside the conductors Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Gergely Madaras, Alondra de la Parra, Antonio Mendes, Pierre Bleuse…

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In chamber music, Thibaut Garcia performs with Edgar Moreau, Elsa Dreisig, Marianne Crebassa, Lucienne Renaudin-Vary, Anastasia Kobekina, the Quatuor Arod… He also forms duets with Philippe Jaroussky and Félicien Brut, and as well a guitar duet with Antoine Morinière – their first collaboration album, dedicated to Bach’s Goldberg Variations is released in the autumn of 2025 with Erato/Warner Classics, and followed by a European tour (Paris Philharmonie, Lyon, Bordeaux, Barcelona, Andorra, Tokyo, Rheingau Musikfest…).

Highlights of this same year include a carte blanche at the Philharmonie de Paris, “Guitarmania”, an event dedicated to the guitar and his ambassadors. He is also the main guest of the episode “Barrios: Chopin of the giuitar”, a documentary of the series “Now hear this” broadcast on the US channel PBS, and is “Focus Artist” of the Rheingau Festival, alongside notably Renaud Capuçon and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

During the 2025-2026 season, he is making his debuts in Korea and returns to Japan where he debuts with the Osaka Philharmonic and Tokyo Symphony Orchetras. He is the guest of the Orchestre National de France for their New Year national tour, and is joining Robert Gonzalez-Monjas again for a UK tour with the Sinfónica de Galicia, as well as Ben Glassberg and the Orchestre de Opéra Normandie Rouen. He also returns to the Musikfest Bremen and Munich and makes his debut at the Heidelberger Frühling.

Thibaut Garcia has been a Warner Classics/Erato artist since 2016. After Leyendas in 2016, Bach Inspirations in 2018, Aranjuez in 2020 (Choc de Classica, Diapason d'Or, Gramphone Editor's Choice), À sa guitare in duet with Philippe Jaroussky in 2021, his latest album El Bohemio (an homage Agustin Barrios, Diapason d’Or) was released in 2023. A new album featuring Bach's Goldberg Variations with guitarist Antoine Morinière will be released in autumn 2025.

First prize winner of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America (USA) competition in 2015, BBC New Generation Artist (2017-2019), « Révélation Instrumentale » of the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2019, and laureate of the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival (WEMAG soloist in 2023), Thibaut Garcia trained at the Toulouse Conservatory before Paris Conservatoire.

Get further information under: www.thibautgarcia-guitarist.com

Season 2025/2026

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Concerts

  • Thibaut Garcia

    Johannisberg, 7:00 pm

    Partner(s):

    Dorine Guilbaud, Rafael Léger, Louis Michaud, Robin Tahar

    Program:

    Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso (Morgenlied des Narren) d-Moll für Klavier solo Debussy: Suite bergamasque Bizet: Aragonaise aus Carmen Suite, arr. Quatuor Éclisses Bizet: Habanera (L’amour est un oiseau rebelle) aus Carmen Suite, arr. Quatuor Éclisses Bizet: Séguedille (Près des remparts de Séville) aus Carmen Suite, arr. Quatuor Éclisses Bizet: Toréadors (Les voici ! Voici la quadrille des Toreros !) aus Carmen Suite, arr. Quatuor Éclisses Bizet: Entr’acte aus Carmen Suite, arr. Quatuor Éclisses Bizet: Danse Bohéme (Les tringles des sistres tintaient) aus Carmen Suite, arr. Quatuor Éclisses Pause: PAUSE Granados: Valses poeticos Albeniz Y Pascual: El Puerto Albeniz Y Pascual: Evocacion from Iberia Gluck: Che farò senza Euridice! aus der Oper Orfeo ed Euridice

    Location:

    Schloss Johannisberg

    Organizer:

    https://www.rheingau-musik-festival.de

  • Thibaut Garcia

    Bremen, 7:00 pm

    Partner(s):

    Félicien Brut, Lucienne Renaudin-Vary

    Program:

    Boccherini: Introduction & Fandango (arr. Simon Cochard) Gnattali: Suite Retratos (arr. Simon Cochard) Bernstein: Tonight, aus: West Side Story - Trompete, Akkordeon Höhne: Fantaisie Slave - Trompete, Akkordeon Blazquez: El Corazón Al Sur Brut: Valses de Paris et d´ailleurs (À Paris dans chaque Faubourg - La Ritale - La Complainte de la Butte - La Foule, guitare accordéon) Emorine: L´hymne en rose Galliano: Tango - Trompete, Gitarre, Akkordeon

    Location:

    Haus der Bürgerschaft Bremen

    Organizer:

    https://www.musikfest-bremen.de

Projects

  • Further dates upon request

    Thibaut Garcia (Gitarre) – Antoine Morinière (Gitarre)

    Goldberg-Variationen für zwei Gitarren

    Program:

    Johann Sebastian Bach – Goldberg-Variationen (für zwei Gitarren)

  • Further dates upon request

    Thibaut Garcia (Gitarre)

    Rund um Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Program:

    Mauro Giuliani – Grande Ouverture op. 61
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré – Mazurka Appassionata
    Frédéric Chopin – Prélude e-Moll op.28 n°4 (arr. Agustín Barrios Mangoré)
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré - Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré – Vals G-Dur op. 8 n°4
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré - Chôro da saudade
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré - Danza Paraguaya No. 1
    ~
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré - Las Abejas
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré - Maxixe A-Dur
    Niccolò Paganini - Caprice Nr. 24 (arr. für Gitarre von John Williams)
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré - Julia Florida
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré - Vals d-Moll op. 8 n°3
    Ludwig van Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate: I. Adagio Sostenuto (arr. Agustín Barrios Mangoré)
    Agustín Barrios Mangoré - La Catedral

  • Further dates upon request

    Thibaut Garcia (Gitarre)

    Vom Barock bis ins 20. Jahrhundert

    Program:

    Vom Barock...
    Marin Marais - L'Ameriquaine (4'30)
    Marin Marais - Les Voix Humaines (4')
    Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite Nr. 6 in D-Dur BWV 1012 (30')
    ~ Pause~
    ...bis ins 20. Jahrhundert...
    Manuel López Quiroga - « Francisco Alegre » (4')
    Isaac Albéniz - Cordoba (6'20)
    Isaac Albéniz - Torre Bermeja (4')
    Manuel López Quiroga - Tatuaje (4')
    Isaac Albéniz - Malagueña (4')
    Isaac Albéniz - Granada (5')
    Isaac Albéniz - Asturias (7')

  • Further dates upon request

    Thibaut Garcia (Gitarre)

    Vom Barock bis ins 20. Jahrhundert

    Program:

    Vom Barock...
    Marin Marais - L'Ameriquaine (4'30)
    Marin Marais - Les Voix Humaines (4')
    Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite Nr. 6 in D-Dur BWV 1012 (30')
    ~ Pause~
    ...bis ins 20. Jahrhundert...
    Manuel López Quiroga - « Francisco Alegre » (4')
    Isaac Albéniz - Cordoba (6'20)
    Isaac Albéniz - Torre Bermeja (4')
    Manuel López Quiroga - Tatuaje (4')
    Isaac Albéniz - Malagueña (4')
    Isaac Albéniz - Granada (5')
    Isaac Albéniz - Asturias (7')

  • Further dates upon request

    Thibaut Garcia (Gitarre)

    Vom Barock bis ins 20. Jahrhundert

    Program:

    Vom Barock...
    Marin Marais - L'Ameriquaine (4'30)
    Marin Marais - Les Voix Humaines (4')
    Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite Nr. 6 in D-Dur BWV 1012 (30')
    ~ Pause~
    ...bis ins 20. Jahrhundert...
    Manuel López Quiroga - « Francisco Alegre » (4')
    Isaac Albéniz - Cordoba (6'20)
    Isaac Albéniz - Torre Bermeja (4')
    Manuel López Quiroga - Tatuaje (4')
    Isaac Albéniz - Malagueña (4')
    Isaac Albéniz - Granada (5')
    Isaac Albéniz - Asturias (7')

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