Prodigious, broad-minded guitarist Thibaut Garcia was born in Toulouse, France, to French and Spanish parents. He attained global status in the 2010s through a blend of masterful technique and clever programming, underlining stylistic connections and influences through his repertorial choices. Garcia has consistently demonstrated a crystalline empathy for the music of Bach, but equally impressive have been explorations of his Spanish heritage. He's tackled composers like Manuel de Falla and Isaac Albéniz, while also tracing the lineage into 20th-century South American composers such as tango nuevo pioneer Astor Piazzolla and Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré.