Jarosław Thiel Baroque cello, artistic director

A cellist and, increasingly, a conductor, his artistic activity focuses on issues relating to historical performance practices. He has collaborated with the most important Polish ensembles specialising in Baroque music and with several German ensembles in this field – Dresdner Barockorchester, FestspielOrchester Göttingen, Cantus Cölln, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and Gaechinger Cantorey. Since 2006, he has been the artistic director of Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa – an ensemble in residence of the Narodowe Forum Muzyki.
 
His discography as a cellist includes a number of chamber music recordings, and as a conductor, he has led Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa in projects realised for the CD Accord, Aparte and Accent labels. Jarosław Thiel is a professor of historical cello at the Akademia Muzyczna im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego in Poznań. He conducts masterclasses, educational concerts and gives lectures on the historically informed performance of early music.