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University of Wyoming

Barbara TheimBarbara Thiem
Cello Studio


(307) 766-2512
bthiem@lamar.colostate.edu

Born and raised in Germany, Barbara Thiem came to the United States for graduate studies in music at Indiana University where she studied with Janos Starker and received her Master of Music in cello performance and the coveted Performer's Certificate.  In Germany, Ms. Thiem studied with Siegfried Palm (Cologne), a specialist in 20th  century cello music.

Ms. Thiem has held teaching positions at Iowa State University, the University of Texas at Dallas, and several universities in Colorado.  At present she is also artist-in-residence at Colorado State University.  She makes her hoe in Fort Collins, Colorado, and spends the summers with her family in Austria.

Barbara Thiem is an active performer as a soloist with orchestras and in solo and chamber music recitals.  She has been a member of the Dallas Piano Trio and the Mendelssohn Trio.  her concerts and recordings have taken her all over Europe, the U.S., and Canada.  She has produced CD's of Bach's solo suites, cello and bass duos with Gary Karr, works by the 19th century composer Felix Draeseke with Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach, and cello and organ music with Robert Cavarra.  her publications include the translation of Gerhard Mantel's Cello Technique, as well as several articles in the field of music and medicine.

In the summer of 2001, Ms. Thiem was the co-director of the summer string festival at Musikakademie auf Schloss Ort, where she organized concert activities, taught and performed in chamber music concerts.