Center Presents
Chris Thile
Payne & Mencias Palladium // Friday, Apr 10, 8pm ET
Grammy-winning mandolinist, singer, songwriter, composer and MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow Chris Thile is hailed by NPR as a "genre-defying musical genius." Thile is a founding member of the influential string bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek and has collaborated with countless luminaries from Yo-Yo Ma to Fiona Apple to Brad Mehldau. For four years, he hosted public radio favorite Live from Here with Chris Thile (previously A Prairie Home Companion), and he has recently been focused on the production of a new musical variety show, The Energy Curfew Music Hour, with season two to be released in late fall 2025.
The wide-ranging program of this solo performance will feature selections from his acclaimed solo recordings of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas – including the upcoming second volume out this autumn – alongside his signature post-genre blend of compositional rigor, folksy stagecraft and improvisational brilliance.
