Born in Dresden in 1996, Friedrich Thiele has established himself as one of Germany’s most remarkable young cellists, winning numerous prestigious national and international awards. Among his accolades are the 2nd Prize, Audience Prize, and Prize for Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work at the ARD International Music Competition 2019, as well as the German Music Competition Prize 2019. He also received top honors at the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen (2019: 2nd Prize, Audience Prize, Orchestra Prize), the Ton & Erklärung Competition in Munich (2017: 1st Prize), and the TONALi Competition in Hamburg (2015: 3rd Prize and Audience Prize), which launched his international career.
 

Thiele has appeared as a soloist with leading orchestras including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the National Theatre Brasília, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar in Caracas.

He has performed in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Herkulessaal, and the Gasteig Munich.