Friedrich Thiele

cello

2023
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies Studies with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt funded by the Renate and Peter von Metzler patronage
2020–2021
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies
2021–2023
Kronberg Academy Master
2018
Cello Masterclasses, participant
2017
Kronberg Festival, workshop
2021, 2022
Kronberg Festival, concert

Friedrich Thiele, born in 1996, already won a lot of national and international prizes. In September 2019 he just won the 2nd prize, audience award, and prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned piece at the ARD Music Competition in Munich.

In March 2019 he won the prize of “Deutscher Musikwettbewerb” in Nuremberg, as well as a special prize of “Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben”.

2016-2021, Friedrich was a student in the class of Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt in Weimar. Before then, he did his junior music studies in the class of Prof. Peter Bruns in Leipzig from the years of 2011-2016.

After his successes at the International Competition in Markneukirchen 2019 (2nd prize, audience award and orchestra award), the competition “Ton und Erklärung” in 2017 (1st prize) and the competition “TONALi” in 2015 (3rd prize and audience prize), his international career began.

As a soloist, Friedrich was invited to perform with the “Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks”, the orchestra of the national theatre in Brasília, the “Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen”,

the “Orquestra Sinfónica Simón Bolívar” in Caracas, the radio-symphony orchestra of Prague and the Symphony orchestra of Nuremberg. He already played in a lot of big concert halls, such as the Mariinsky-Theatre in St. Petersburg, the “Elbphilharmonie” and the “Laeiszhalle” in Hamburg, as well as the “Herkulessaal” and “Gasteig” in Munich.

As a passionate chamber musician, Friedrich gave his debut at the festival “Heidelberger Frühling”, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Molyvos International Festival and the „Vadim Repin Trans-Siberian Art Festival“. He played together with Igor Levit, Benjamin Beilman, Volker Jacobsen, Viviane Hagner and Marc-André Hamelin.

He has been supported by the „Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben“ since 2010, and plays a French Cello from the second half of the 19th century, sponsored by the „Deutsche Musikinstrumentenfonds“.

Since 2021, he has been 1st concertmaster of the violoncellos in the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden. 

In 2018, Thiele took part in Kronberg’s Cello Masterclasses & Concerts, where he received a sponsorship award. He has been studying at Kronberg Academy with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt since 2020. His studies were funded by the Renate und Peter von Metzler patronage. 


Last updated: February 2024
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival - K3

ÖSTERREICH

Duval, Höfele, Jégou-Sageman, Lewis, Lipman, Momen, Moreau, Oe, Schwabe, Soulez-Larivière, Thiele

Participants

  • Irène Duval violin
  • Sào Soulez Larivière viola
  • Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
  • Friedrich Thiele Cello
  • Jérémie Moreau piano
  • Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
  • Geneva Lewis violin
  • Kaoru Oe violin
  • Matthew Lipman viola
  • Gabriel Schwabe cello

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 – approx. 15' 
I. Allegro 
II. Adagio 
III. Rondeau: Allegro

Michael Höfele, oboe 
Irène Duval, violin 
Sao Soulez-Larivière, viola 
Benedict Kloeckner, cello

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 (“Ghost Trio”) – approx. 25' 
I. Allegro vivace e con brio (D major) 
II. Largo assai ed espressivo (D minor) 
III. Presto (D major)

Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin 
Friedrich Thiele, cello 
Jeremie Moreau, piano

INTERMISSION

Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
• Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 (1911) – approx. 5' 

Mishka Momen, piano

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
• Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15 – approx. 35' 
I. Mäßiges Zeitmaß, mit schwungvoll blühendem Ausdruck 
II. Adagio. Mit größter Ruhe, stets äußerst gebunden und ausdrucksvoll 
III. Finale. Gemessen beinahe pathetisch

Geneva Lewis, violin 
Kaoru Oe, violin 
Matthew Lipman, viola 
Gabriel Schwabe, cello 
Mishka Momen, piano

 

Programme subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival - K5

RUSSLAND

Abdelmoula, Hamos, Kim, Kuyumcuyan, Mohamed, Oe, Schwabe, Soulez-Larivière, Thiele

Participants

  • Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
  • Kaoru Oe violin
  • Sindy Mohamed viola
  • Gabriel Schwabe Cello
  • Julia Hamos piano
  • Emil Kuyumcuyan
  • Suyoen Kim violin
  • Friedrich Thiele Cello
  • Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano

Programme

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• String Quartet No. 1 (unfinished), TH ii/30 – approx. 13' 
II. Romance: Andante espressivo (G minor) 
III. Scherzo: Allegro (D major)

Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin 
Kaoru Oe, violin 
Sindy Mohamed, viola 
Gabriel Schwabe, cello

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) / arr. Oriol Cruixent
• Suite for Variety Orchestra (“Jazz Suite No. 2”) – for piano trio & 3 percussionists – approx. 25' 

Julia Hamos, piano 
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin 
Gabriel Schwabe, cello 
Emil Kuyumcuyan, percussion 
N.N., percussion

INTERMISSION

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 “À la mémoire d’un grand artiste” – approx. 50' 
I. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai – Allegro giusto 
II. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto 
– Finale e coda: Allegro risoluto e con fuoco

Suyeon Kim, violin 
Friedrich Thiele, cello 
Jean-Selim Abdelmoula, piano

 

Programme subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival - K7

NORWEGEN

Duval, Fritsch, Hemsing, Jégou-Sageman, Kim, Mohamed, Moreau, Navon, Oe, Soulez-Larivière, Thiele, Xu

Participants

  • Ragnhild Hemsing
  • Edgar Moreau Cello
  • Itai Navon piano
  • Kaoru Oe violin
  • Sindy Mohamed viola
  • Suyoen Kim violin
  • Irène Duval violin
  • Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
  • Peijun Xu viola
  • Sebastian Fritsch Cello
  • Friedrich Thiele Cello

Programme

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
• Andante in C minor for Piano Trio – approx. 11' 

Ragnhild Hemsing, violin 
Edgar Moreau, cello 
Itai Navon, piano

Ragnhild Hemsing (*1988)
Vetra – Chamber Suite based on Norwegian folk melodies for Hardanger fiddle (Norwegian folk fiddle) and strings

Ragnhild Hemsing, Hardanger fiddle 
Kaoru Oe, violin 
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin 
Sindy Mohamed, viola 
Edgar Moreau, cello 
N.N., bass

INTERVAL

Johan Svendsen (1840–1911)
• String Octet in A major, Op. 3 – approx. 38' 
I. Allegro risoluto ben marcato 
II. Allegro scherzoso 
III. Andante sostenuto 
IV. Finale: Moderato – Allegro assai con fuoco

Suyeon Kim, violin 
Irène Duval, violin 
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin 
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin 
Sindy Mohamed, viola 
Peijun Xu, viola 
Sebastian Fritsch, cello 
Friedrich Thiele, cello

 

Program subject to change