Iggy Pop, New Order, Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson & More To Celebrate Philip Glass’s 80th Birthday At Tibet House US 30th Anniversary Concert 3/16 at Carnegie Hall
One of the longest-running and most renowned live cultural events in NYC will return when the Tibet House US 30th Anniversary Benefit ConcertCelebrating Philip Glass’s 80th Birthday lights up Carnegie Hall on March 16, 2017. The evening, which will also honor 30 years of Tibet House, is sure to be another jam-packed show full of amazing music and one-night-only collaborations in what has been a series of unforgettable concerts spanning three decades. Joining esteemed composer and artistic director Glass, who once again curated this year’s line-up, is Laurie Anderson, Iggy Pop, New Order’s Bernard Sumner, Phil Cunningham, and Tom Chapman, Patti Smith and her Band, Tenzin Choegyal and Jesse Paris Smith, Scorchio Quartet, Lavinia Meijer and more. Chuck Close, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Arden Wohl are Honorary Chairpersons.
Tickets for the concert are on sale now ($35-$200) – visit www.carnegiehall.orgto purchase, call Carnegie Charge at 212.247.7800, or visit the Carnegie Hall Box Office (57th Street and Seventh Avenue). Also available now are special gala packages starting at $500 that include prime concert tickets and an elegant dinner reception with the performers and a who’s who of New York City society. To purchase these packages, visit www.tibethouse.usor call Tibet House US at 212.807.0563.
Proceeds support the work of Tibet House US, a non-profit educational institution and cultural embassy founded in 1987 at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to ensure the survival of the unique Tibetan civilization.
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