Jean-Yves Thibaudet – San Diego Story

San Diego Symphony Gala Concert Opens the New Rady Shell With Style

By Ken Herman | August 7, 2021 |

An exuberant crowd turned out Friday, August 6, for Music Director Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony’s opening concert at its new $85 million bay-side facility, the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

Midori and Thibaudet: A Dream Team Scores with Gallic Élan at The Conrad

By Ken Herman | April 14, 2019 |

For Midori’s decidedly Gallic recital on Friday (April 12) at the newly opened Baker-Baum Concert Hall in La Jolla, she wisely enlisted French pianist Jean-Ives Thibaudet as her collaborator. For sonatas by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, and Georges Enescu, this was a match made in heaven.

Thibaudet and Symphony Members Offer Sumptuous Repast of French Chamber Music at Copley Symphony Hall

By Ken Herman | October 9, 2017 |

French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet interpreted chamber music of Francis Poulenc and Gabriel Fauré in collaboration with San Diego Symphony instrumentalists Sunday (October 8) at the Jacobs Music Center downtown . . .