Jarosław Thiel

A cellist and conductor, his artistic activity focuses on the issues of historical performance practices. He has collaborated with the most important Polish ensembles performing baroque music and with several German ensembles: Dresdner Barockorchester, FestspielOrchester Göttingen, Cantus Cölln, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and Gaechinger Cantoray. Since 2006, he has been Artistic Director of Wrocław Baroque Orchestra – a resident ensemble of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław.

His discography as a cellist includes a number of chamber music recordings, and as a conductor he has led Wrocław Baroque Orchestra in projects for the CD Accord, Aparté, and Accent labels. Jarosław Thiel is a professor of historical cello at the Academy of Music in Poznań. He also conducts master classes, educational concerts and lectures on the historically informed performance of early music.