Jarosław Thiel focuses his artistic activity as a cellist and conductor on historically informed performance practice. He has collaborated with the most important Polish Baroque ensembles as well as with several German ensembles, including the Dresdner Barockorchester, the FestspielOrchester Göttingen, Cantus Cölln, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Since 2006, he has served as Artistic Director of the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra.
His discography as a cellist includes numerous chamber music recordings. As a conductor he has led the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra in projects for the labels CD Accord, Aparté and Accent.
Jarosław Thiel is Professor of historical Cello at the Academy of Music in Poznań. In addition he gives masterclasses, educational concerts and lectures on the historically informed performance of early music.