The Philadelphia Orchestra Announces One-Night-Only Concert Featuring Mandolinist and Songwriter Chris Thile April 23, 2025

(Philadelphia, January 9, 2025)—The Philadelphia Orchestra will welcome Chris Thile for a one-night-only performance of ATTENTION! A narrative song cycle for extroverted mandolinist and orchestra on April 23, 2025, at 7:30 PM in Marian Anderson Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Thile’s biographical composition utilizes his expertise in mandolin performance paired with a full symphonic orchestra to illuminate personal stories from his life and career.  

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-around musician,” and hailed by NPR as a “genre-defying musical genius.” He 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, he 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” (The New York Times).  

Over the last year, Thile has been touring with Nickel Creek in support of the critically acclaimed 2023 release Celebrants. Additionally, he has been focused on the production of 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. Most recently, he debuted a new one-man show, The Manhattan Variations, in New York City’s Little Island about finding oneself in a little cocktail bar on the Lower East Side.   

Tickets are available now at philorch.org.