Virtuoso mandolinist Chris Thile, set to be the next host of A Prairie Home Companion radio show, will play a concert Nov. 12 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts.
His solo show will include a variety of music styles including bluegrass and Bach.
A child prodigy, Thile rose to fame with the Grammy Award-winning trio Nickel Creek, which released three albums and sold 2 million records. He also is known for his work with the Punch Brothers, which released six albums of progressive bluegrass and classical music.
Thile has released five solo albums, and performed and recorded extensively with bassist Edgar Meyer and fellow mandolinist Mike Marshall.
In 2011, Thile earned a Grammy nomination for “Sleep with One Eye Open,” an album of tradition-upending interpretations of bluegrass classics with guitarist Michael Daves. He won the 2012 Grammy for Best Folk Album for “The Goat Rodeo Sessions,” which he recorded with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Stuart Duncan and Edgar Meyer.
In 2012, the MacArthur Foundation named Thile one of its 23 MacArthur Fellows and recipient of its prestigious “Genius Grant.” Thile’s most recent solo recording, “Bach: Partitas and Sonatas, Vol. 1,” was released in late 2013. Thile and Meyer’s second duo recording, “Bass &Mandolin,” was released in late 2014. Garrison Keillor, who created A Prairie Home Companion and hosted for four decades is retiring in 2016 and handing over his job to Thile, who has been a regular musician on the show.
If you go
Chris Thile will perform 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Tickets are $49, $44 and $39, with youth pricing available. Tickets are available online at www.ec4arts.org or by calling 425-275-9595.
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