Chris Thile

Chris Thile is a mandolinist, singer, and Grammy Award-winning songwriter best known as a founding member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek. Celebrated for pushing the boundaries of genre with his mandolin, he has collaborated with acclaimed musicians including Yo-Yo Ma, Fiona Apple, and Brad Mehldau. He has recorded a two-volume set of J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, and NPR has called him a 'musical genius that defies genres.'