by Adami and became laureate of the Bleustein-Blanchet vocational foundation, the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe, the DAAD, Villa Musica, Live MusicNow, the Carl-Flesch Akademie, the Mannheim Sinfonima Stiftung, and the AMOPA Berthier Prize. In 2012, she was awarded a prize from the Fondation Banque Populaire. In May 2013, her first album, A Century of Russian Colours, was released under the Fuga Libera record label. The album, dedicated to 20th century Russian music, was recorded in collaboration with the Swiss pianist Béatrice Berrut. It received accolades from international press. In 2014, Thomas was awarded the title of Revelation, Instrumental soloist, at the Victoires de la musique classique. She was selected by the Musiq'3 – RTBF radio station to represent Belgium at the European Broadcasting Union competition, where she was awarded first place and declared "New Talent of the Year". In 2015, she was invited to appear on ARTE "Les Stars de Demain" by Rolando Villazón. In 2016, her second album, Réminiscences, was released on the Dolce Volta label. Themed on an imaginary recital of late 19th and early 20th century music, the album revolves around the cello transcription of the Franck violin sonata and Eugène Ysaÿe sonata for solo cello, accompanied by pieces by Fauré and Duparc. It received a CHOC prize from Classica and an ECHO Klassik PREIS. In 2017, she signed an exclusive international contract with Deutsche Grammophon, the first female cellist to sign with the record label. Her first recording with them was released in October 2017, consisting of works by Saint-Saëns and Offenbach, performed with the Orchestre national de Lille under conductor Alexandre Bloch. Other work In addition to her work as a soloist, Thomas is a passionate chamber musician. In 2011 and 2012, she was selected to participate in the Seiji Ozawa International Academy in Switzerland. She has performed regularly with them alongside musicians such as Beatrice Berrut, Julien Libeer, Frank Braley, and Gérard Caussé. In 2011, Thomas appeared in the film Un baiser papillon, taking on the role of a cellist and performing Vivaldi concerti accompanied by the Orchestre des Solistes Français. Instruments Thomas has played a 1788 Ferdinand Gagliano cello, dubbed the Château Pape Clément, loaned to her by Bernard Magrez, along with a bow by Eugène Sartory on extended loan from the Fondation Roi Baudoin – Fonds Bollandsee. Since 24 September 2019, she has played the De Munck-Feuermann, a 1730 Stradivarius cello,