
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.
Over the last couple of years, Thile toured with Nickel Creek in support of their critically acclaimed 2023 release, Celebrants. Most recently, he has been captivating audiences with a playfully ambitious biographical composition entitled ATTENTION! (a narrative song cycle for extroverted mandolinist and orchestra). He has also been focused on producing a new musical variety show, The Energy Curfew Music Hour. Created with Claire Coffee and featuring Punch Brothers, Season One is available on Audible and all podcasting platforms, with Season Two to be released in late fall 2025.
With his broad outlook, Thile creates a distinctly American canon and a new musical aesthetic for performers and audiences alike, giving listeners “one joyous arc, with the linear melody and vertical harmony blurring into a single web of gossamer beauty” (New York Times).
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, he hosted public radio favorite Live from Here with Chris Thile (formerly known as A Prairie Home Companion).