Guitarist
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, Konzerthausin Vienna,Concertgebouw Amsterdam, ElbPhilharmonie Hamburg, Verbier Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, 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…
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.
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, El Bohemio (an homage Agustin Barrios) in 2023.
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 in2023), Thibaut Garcia trained at the Toulouse Conservatory before Paris Conservatoire.
Photo credit: Xenie Zasetskaya