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Press :
“As he played, I was fascinated by where he would take the music next... Cauvin has a real depth of understanding of the music he plays...He is quite a star”
Tom Kerstens
“One of the best classical guitarists that the France has never knowed”
Sud-Ouest France
“Technical perfection and musical expression fully thought are a feature of this exceptional phenomenon, Thibault Cauvin"
Robert Fontani, General-Anzeiger
“An enacted harlequinade in costumes to match, with intense zest, enthusiasm and a joie de vivre that communicated itself.”
Colin Cooper
“He brims with youthful bravura but also understands the importance of restraint and control of color, Thibault Cauvin is decidedly on his way. He affirmed himself with a surprising maturity as a technically adroit and highly musical player who’s also blessed with open ears.”
Los Angeles time
“I was impressed by Cauvin’s enormous technique and youthful enthusiasm”
John W. Duarte
“The full auditorium stared to disbelief, watching Thibault may have been a similar experience to watching Paganini perform! Thibault proved not only to be a world-class guitarist; he is also quite a show-man.”
Soundboard vol. XXXI
“His technique is unbelieveable and his musicality allows him to play Scarlatti in one fanszinating matter and John W. Duarte in another”
Jovan Pesec
“Thibault Cauvin has not only all human and artistic qualities of an exceptional musician; above all else, he has a very extraordinary talent.”
Olivier Chassain
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Discography
-Guitar-Live in Bordeaux, 2001, KI Record (Bordeaux)
-Declic, 2003, Radio France (Paris)
-Bell'Italia, 2005, Art Communicazione (Roma)
-396, March, GSP (San Francisco)
All this recording have already been played on radio stations in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Danemark, England, Austria, Germany, USA, Canada, Brazil, Russia, Morrocco, Australia...
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Bio
www.thibaultcauvin.com
“This exceptionally talented guitarist is one of the most gifted of his generation. Thibault Cauvin, reinterpreting works, breathing new life into them, constantly reevaluating his contributions, has a sharp sense of originality and a natural expressivity. He is an universal guitarist, certainly one of the most eclectic and unconfined yet, possessing an undeniable richness of imagination. He makes the most of the quality and beauty of the instrument, with, first and foremost, a passion that, stirred up by the bursting energy of his youth, irresistibly fascinates.Although being almost unconscious of it, Thibault Cauvin is deeply impregnated by music. He had always been brought up with it from the cradle. All sorts of music, whitout any discrimation ! Without saying so, this is how he would like to be perceived when he plays, and it is this which probably explains his internationally increasing audience, concert after concert”.
Born on July 16th 1984 in Bordeaux, Thibault Cauvin began learning classical guitar as soon as he was 6 years old with his father, the guitarist and composer Philippe CAUVIN, with whom he is still working. Being very determinated and wanting to become a solo performer, he decided to begin a solo career while pursuing his studies with Olivier Chassain at the National Conservatory of Bordeaux. There he unanimously won the gold medal and the Medal of Honor. At the age of 17, he was unanimously nominated to be admitted at the National High School of Music in Paris where he studied with Olivier Chassain. Three years later, he was graduated with the highest honour. He has been also fine-tuning techniques with Alvaro Pierri and Judicaël Perroy and has attended the master classes of Roberto Aussel, Eduardo Isaac, Pavel Steidl, Alex Garrobé, Thomas Muller-Perring, Aniello Desiderio... Thibault Cauvin began also the inevitable international concourse circuit, motivated by a captivating world at just 20, he had to his credit, the unique achievement of winning 13 international first prizes, including the prestigious “Stotsenberg International Guitar Competition” in Los Angeles (USA), “Concurso Internazionale di Chitarra di Mottola” (Italy), “Forum Gitarre Wien” (Austria), ” Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Clàssica Sernancelhe” (Portugal), “San Francisco International Classical Guitar Competition” (USA)…
Thibault Cauvin has played with the string orchestra of the Rockies in Montana, the orchestra of the National Conservatory of Bordeaux, and toured with the orchestra of Benard Thomas, in Portugal, in the Antilles and in France. In 2003, he received “The prize of the Arts” from the Rotary Club of Bordeaux. After his 1st prize at the “International Alexandre Lagoya Guitar Competition”, he has been awarded the “Prize of Dominica Island” after a concert on Dominique Island. He has played for different TV programs in France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Algeria, Morocco, Antilles Island and radio stations in the USA, Spain, Brazil, Sweden, Turkey, Morocco, Libya and in France where a CD was recorded for the Declic collection by Radio France. Thibault Cauvin has already performed numerous concerts at prestigious festivals and theatres in Europe (France, Spain, England, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Danemark, Austria, Greece, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary…), USA, Canada, Russia, Switzerland, Brazil, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Malta, Libya, Saoudi Arabia… He has also gave master classes in many different places like the San Francisco Conservatory, the San Paolo music department, the Montana state university, the Winnipeg conservatory, El festival de guitarra de Petrer Alicante, Le Festival de guitare de Rabat, the Victoria University… In 2005 his CD “Bell’Italia”, composed by the greatest italian composers throught the centuries, is published in the “Art Communicazione” company (Italy) and a new recording is going to be out in march from the famous label “GSP” San Francisco.
www.thibaultcauvin.com
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