Born in Toulouse, Georges Guiraud first studied with the Jesuits and in 1898 won a first prize for cello at the Toulouse Conservatory where his father, Omer Guiraud, organist of Basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse teaches.
He followed the classes of Charles-Marie Widor, César Franck, and Jules Massenet.
During this time in the capital, he was singing conductor at the concerts Colonne.
Marcel Vidal-Saint-André[1] dedicated his choral et mouvement vif to him and Émile Goué in 1923-24.
Taking over from his father, he will also be a correspondent for L'Express du Midi.