Christel Thielmann, viola da gamba

Christel Thielmann is assistant professor of Conducting and Ensembles at the Eastman School of Music where she directs and coaches the Eastman Collegium Baroque Orchestra and numerous other ensembles. She has performed extensively with the Musicians of Swanne Alley and has appeared with such ensembles as Fretwork, The Parley of Instruments, The Harp Consort, and Tafelmusik. She has performed at many of the leading early music festivals including those in Boston, Vancouver, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Aldeburgh, Bath, and Regensburg, and has appeared on the English and Dutch Early Music Networks. Christel Thielmann has recorded for the BBC, Westdeutcher Rundfunk, Harmonia Mundi, Hyperion, Virgin Classics, and CBC, Focus and Pantheon records.