The French-Spanish guitarist was born in 1994 in Toulouse, where he began learning the guitar at the age of seven. He then won the guitar prize in the class of Paul Ferret. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, in Olivier Chassain’s class, while at the same time benefiting from the guidance of Judicaël Perroy.At the age of 16, he was awarded the First Prize at the Ana Amalia competition in Weimar, Germany. Since then, he has won the first prize in several international competitions, in particular the Guitar Foundation of America at Oklahoma City, USA, in 2015, the José Tomas at Petrer, Spain, in 2014, and the International Competition of Seville, Spain, in 2013. Since then he has been asked to sit on their juries and to give masterclasses. In 2015, he was named a trustee of the Académie Charles Cros. In 2017, Thibaut Garcia was named BBC New Generation Artist. In 2019, he was named ‘Instrumental Revelation’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique.Thibaut Garcia is now being invited by the greatest guitar festivals worldwide: Australia, Canada, Spain, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Montenegro, Chile, the USA, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Romania, Russia... Since the season 2016-2017, he has been on tour in the USA and Canada, where he gave over 60 recitals during the entire season. He also performs recitals at the Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, the Festival Toulouse d’Eté, the Auditorium in Bordeaux, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Konzerthaus Vienna, the Concertgbouw in Amsterdam, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Salle Bourgie at Montréal, the Philharmonie in París, the Auditorium of the Musée d’Orsay, the Chapelle Corneille at Ruan, or the Grands Interprètes of Toulouse, the Festival Musiq’3 in Brussels, at the Seine Musicale...
In 2016, Thibaut Garcia made his concerto debut with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. Since then, he has appeared in other concertos, especially with the Baden-Baden Orchestra, the Orchestre National of Montpellier, Orchestre of Cannes PACA, and the Orchestre of Dijon-Bourgogne, and the BBC orchestras. During the 2020-2021 season he will perform especially with the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Toulon, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Glacier Symphony...When it comes to chamber music, Thibaut Garcia has played with Edgar Moreau, Raphaël Sévère, Philippe Jarrousky, Elsa Dreisig, Josep-Ramón Olivé, Antoine Morinière, Boris Grelier, Anaïs Constans, the brothers La Marca, Kathryn Rudge, Anastasia Kobekina, the Arod Quartett, Félicien Brut ...
In 2016, he signed exclusively with Warner Classics/Erato for his recording projects, with his first release “Leyendas”. His second album, “Bach Inspirations”, was released in fall 2018. His third album, "Aranjuez", recorded with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under the direction of Ben Glassberg (autumn 2020), was well received by French and international critics: it was awarded a "Choc de Classica", a Diapason 'or, and was selected for the Gramophone Editor's choice.