GRAMMY-Winning Mandolin Player Chris Thile To Perform Live At The Tobin Center
This show is scheduled for a one-night-only performance in the H-E-B Performance Hall on January 23, 2026, at 8 PM.
By: A.A. Cristi Jun. 25, 2025
The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts will present an evening with Chris Thile, the trailblazing mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and MacArthur Fellow. This exciting show is scheduled for a one-night-only performance in the H-E-B Performance Hall on January 23, 2026, at 8 PM.
Tobin Member Pre-Sale is happening now. Tickets will go on sale on June 27 at 10am and can be purchased online at tobincenter.org, via phone (210) 223-8624 or in-person at The Tobin Center Box Office (100 Auditorium Circle, 78205). Box Office hours are Monday-Friday 10a-6p and Saturday, 10a-2p. Tickets start at $42.
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." 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).
Over the last year, Thile has been touring with Nickel Creek in support of the critically acclaimed 2023 release Celebrants, and captivating audiences with a playfully ambitious biographical composition entitled ATTENTION! (a narrative song cycle for extroverted mandolinist and orchestra). 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, Chris debuted a new one-man show “The Manhattan Variations” in NYC's Little Island about finding oneself in a little cocktail bar on the Lower East Side.
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