Jacques Thibaud (French pronunciation:[ʒaktibo]; 27 September 1880 – 1 September 1953) was a Frenchviolinist.

Thibaud was born inBordeaux and studied the violin with his father before entering theParis Conservatoire at the age of thirteen. In 1896 he jointly won the conservatory's violin prize withPierre Monteux (who later became a famousconductor). He had to rebuild his technique after being injured inWorld War I. In 1943 he andMarguerite Long established theMarguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition for violinists and pianists, which takes place each year inParis. From 2011, it has included singers and is now known as the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, in honour of the sopranoRégine Crespin.^[1]

Thibaud was noted not only for his work as a soloist, but also for his performances ofchamber music, particularly in apiano trio with the pianistAlfred Cortot and cellistPablo Casals. He undertook concert tours with pianistYves Nat andGeorge Enescu. He was a friend of violinistEugène Ysaÿe, who dedicated his2nd Sonata for solo violin to him. Among his students wereManuel Quiroga (the dedicatee of Ysaÿe's 6th solo sonata),Eric Rosenblith,Joan Field,Rachel Steinman Clarke, Stephan Hero (see Jose Iturbi) andYfrah Neaman.

On 1 September 1953, Jacques Thibaud tragically died in the crash ofAir France Flight 178, along with all 41 other passengers. The aircraft, registered as F-BAZZ, was on its final approach toNice when it struck Mount Cimet in theFrench Alps. Thibaud was traveling to a performance in Tokyo, and his prized 1720Stradivarius violin was destroyed in the crash.^[2] The accident investigation established "controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)" as the cause.^[3]

• Jacques Thibaud,Un violon parle : souvenirs de Jacques Thibaud (J-P Dorian ed., Ed. Blé qui lève, Paris, Lausanne, Montréal, 1947 ; Ed. del Duca, Paris, 1953).
• Roth, Henry (1997).Violin Virtuosos: From Paganini to the 21st Century. Los Angeles, CA: California Classics Books.ISBN 1-879395-15-0
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial Edition. Nicolas Slonimsky, Editor Emeritus. Schirmer, 2001

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