Friedrich Thiele stands out as a leading young cellist of his generation. He has earned several prominent national and international awards, such as Second Prize, Audience Prize, and Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work at the 2019 ARD International Music Competition.

Friedrich Thiele has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras such as Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresdner Philharmonie, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riga Sinfonietta, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the National Theatre in Brasilia and the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar in Caracas, and has performed under the baton of renowned conductors including Daniele Gatti, Philippe Herreweghe, Mario Venzago, Michael Sanderling, Nicholas Milton and Aivis Greters. He has performed at the world’s major concert venues, amongst them Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle, Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, Konzerthaus Berlin, Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg and Munich’s Herkulessaal.