An internationally acclaimed cellist, Thiem combines teaching cello and chamber music with her active schedule of performances in Europe and the United States, playing solo recitals with orchestra, and chamber music.

Thiem is a member of the Mendelssohn Trio and in the summers administers the International Summer Academy of Schloss Ort, Austria. She holds degrees from Cologne, Germany, where she studied with avant-garde cellist Siegfried Palm, and from Indiana University where she was an assistant to Janos Starker and was awarded the coveted Performer’s Certificate.

In addition to concertizing, Thiem has recorded for many radio stations and has produced several CDs, among them a set of Bach Suites for cello solo, Complete Works by Felix Draeseke for cello and piano with pianist Wolfgang Mueller-Steinbach, Works for Cello and Organ with organist Robert Cavarra, and Cello/Bass duets with Gary Karr.

Thiem has published the translation of Gerhard Mantel’s Cello Technique as well as a number of articles on good postural and practicing habits, which appeared in the ASTA and Suzuki Journals. She has also been involved in research as part of the Center for Biomedical Research in Music Therapy at CSU.

Presently, Thiem is teaching and performing at Colorado State University. In addition to studio teaching of cello and chamber music, she teaches a three-semester course of cello pedagogy, as well as organizing the Pre-College Chamber Music Program.