Thomas Carroll is Professor of Cello at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. As a concerto soloist he has appeared with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Mozart Players, Royal and London Philharmonic Orchestras, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra.

As a chamber musician, Thomas has worked with the Belcea Quartet, Chilingirian Quartet, Endellion Quartet, Yehudi Menuhin, Ivry Gitlis, Steven Isserlis, YoYo Ma, Sir Antonio Pappano, Eugene Istomin, Ton Koopman, Gervase de Peyer, Michael Collins, Emma Johnson, Roderick Williams, Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Felicity Lott and Sir Willard White, among others.

Since his debut conducting performance in the Berlin Philharmonie in 2006, he has gone on to work as a conductor with major orchestras in the UK and abroad.