A classical guitarist from France, Thibault Cauvin, will launch a one-man guitar concert for the first time in Myanmar's two major cities this month under the cultural exchange program of Myanmar and France, the local weekly Myanmar Times reported in this week's issue.

The 24-year-old Parisian musician's concert in Myanmar, which is part of his 10 performances in Asia, will take place in Yangon on Sept. 24 and in Mandalay on Sept. 26, the French Embassy was quoted as saying.

The French artist will proceed to Hanoi, Vietnam at the end of this month and then to China's Taipei and China's Hong Kong next month, the report said.

Thibault Cauvin, winner of 13 international first prizes, started learning guitar from his father at the age of six and recorded his first album aged 16 for the independent French label KI Record.

He has been traveling the world with his guitar and so far performed more than 600 concerts in major cities such as New York, Hong Kong, London, Sau Paulo, Istanbul, Melbourne and Singapore.

Meanwhile, other two world's famous Jazz musicians, Franck Me'dioni and Pianist Stephan Oliva of France, also launched music concerts in Yangon in February this year.

(Xinhua News Agency September 17, 2009)