An Evening with Chris Thile and the Asheville Symphony

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Saturday May 10, 7:00 pm COST: $45 – $100 Gates open at 5:30pm All Ages – not recommended for children under 4 RAIN OR SHINE CLEAR BAGS ONLY Get ready for a night of incredible music with Chris Thile and your Asheville Symphony at this year's Asheville Amadeus Festival finale! GRAMMY® winner Chris Thile effortlessly jumps between bluegrass, Baroque, indie pop, and beyond. You’ll hear Thile’s new genre-bending work, ATTENTION! A narrative song cycle for extroverted mandolinist and orchestra, which blends mandolin, vocals and orchestra into a one-of-a-kind experience; select movements from the concertos of J.S. Bach and Samuel Barber – but performed on the mandolin; and more! Expect his trademark imaginative storytelling and songwriting, instrumental brilliance and magnetic sense of humor.