Biography
Anja Thauer
Real name: Anja Heide Thauer
Effective period / Period of releases: 1966 - 2006
Anja Thauer (3 July 1945 - 18 October 1973) was a German cellist.Thauer was a child prodigy who went to the Paris Conservatoire in 1960 aged 15, won the Grand Prix, and started touring internationally before being signed by Deutsche Grammophon.
She committed suicide in 1973 and has become a tragic, cult figure, often dubbed the German Jacqueline Du Pré.