Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The mandolin has been around for four-plus centuries now, but the instrument never fully captured the imagination of the classical set. Over the years, ...

Modern master of the mandolin Chris Thile hates being boxed in by genres, and has made his reputation by going beyond traditional tunes. With a new album of works by Bach, the virtuoso easily moves ...

You’ve probably heard the mandolin, but you may NOT have heard music by Johann Sebastian Bach played on the mandolin. Avi Avital wants to change that. Hear Avi Avital play his arrangement of one of ...

Thile was a prodigy with Nickel Creek at age 8, a founding member and lead vocalist of the Punch Brothers, has won multiple Grammys and is a... Chris Thile Looks Back To Bach There's the mandolin — ...

In this DW Festival Concert we'll hear mandolin superstar Avi Avital join forces with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider to present old, new and genre-blending works at the 2023 Beethoven Festival in ...

Footpaths and a man-made stream bisect Anderson Park, an open grassy area in the middle of the Aspen Ideas Festival campus. An 800-pole bamboo sculpture was under construction nearby where Nickel ...

The baroque composer J.S. Bach never wrote for the mandolin. But Chris Thile has found a way around that. Along with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and bassist Edgar Meyer, Thile arranged a number of compositions ...

We meet young musicians from all over the country, from South Carolina to California. A 17-year-old cellist fulfills a childhood dream to be on From the Top and kicks off the program with a gorgeous ...

What would Johann Sebastian Bach make of a goat rodeo? There can be little doubt that the greatest composer ever would have been unfazed hearing his music played by a trio of cello, mandolin and bass, ...

Modern master of the mandolin Chris Thile hates being boxed in by genres, and has made his reputation by going beyond traditional tunes. With a new album of works by Bach, the virtuoso easily moves ...