Grammy Award-Winning Mandolinist Chris Thile in Concert
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Organizations: Chris Thile
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Time: 7:30 - 9:15 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost:

Description:
The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech presents Grammy Award-winning Mandolinist Chris Thile in concert on Saturday, October 11, 2025.

Grammy Award-winning mandolinist Chris Thile is a founding member of bluegrass string bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek.

Acclaimed Grammy Award-winning mandolinist, singer, songwriter, composer, and MacArthur Fellow recipient of the prestigious "Genius Grant," Chris Thile is a multifaceted musical talent, described by The Guardian as "that rare being: an all-round musician," and hailed by NPR as a "genre-defying musical genius."

The wide-ranging program of Thile’s 2025-2026 solo performances 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.

Thile is a founding member of the highly 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, Thile hosted public radio favorite Live from Here with Chris Thile (formerly known as A Prairie Home Companion). With his broad outlook, Thile creates a distinctly American canon and a new musical aesthetic for performers and audiences alike, giving the listener "one joyous arc, with the linear melody and vertical harmony blurring into a single web of gossamer beauty" (New York Times).

Links:

• https://www.christhile.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/ChrisThile
• https://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisThile/videos
• https://www.instagram.com/christhile

Tickets range from $25.00-$65.00 depending on seat location. Tickets for students with ID and youth 18 & under are $10.00.

Tickets can be purchase online, at: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=11354DE8-F936-42E4-B5F2-5520079DF447 or in person at the box office or by calling the box office at 540-231-5300.

The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech is located at 330 Turner Street NW in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/chris-thile.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or https://www.instagram.com/artscenteratvt/ or call 540-231-5300.