February 13th at Carnegie Hall – 7:30pm
WHO: Philip Glass, Lou Reed, James Blake, Das Racist, Antony, Laurie Anderson, Stephin Merritt, Rahzel and Dechen Shak-Dagsay
WHAT: 22nd Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert
WHEN: Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:30pm
WHERE: Carnegie Hall - Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
TICKET INFO: Concert-only tickets($33 - $95) are available throughCarnegie Charge at 212.247.7800, on www.carnegiehall.org, or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office (57th Street and Seventh Avenue). Benefit package tickets (prime concert seats and entrance to a post-concert dinner party) are available exclusively through Tibet House US at 212-807-0563 and www.tibethouse.us.
DETAILS: Esteemed composer Philip Glass, who has just kicked off his 75th Birthday Season, has curated the concert’s incredible line-up and will once again be the artist director for the evening. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are this year’s Honorary Chairpersons for the concert, which commemorates the Monlam Prayer Festival traditionally held at the time of the Tibetan New Year – this year is the Year of the Water Dragon. The festival drew vast numbers of monks, citizens and pilgrims from all over the country who gathered to pray for world peace and prosperity. Tibet House US is a non-profit organization founded in 1987 at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to serve as a center for the preservation and presentation of the endangered Tibetan culture. Proceeds support the work of the Tibet House US, the Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey and other organizations yet to be announced.
WHAT: 22nd Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert
WHEN: Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:30pm
WHERE: Carnegie Hall - Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
TICKET INFO: Concert-only tickets($33 - $95) are available throughCarnegie Charge at 212.247.7800, on www.carnegiehall.org, or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office (57th Street and Seventh Avenue). Benefit package tickets (prime concert seats and entrance to a post-concert dinner party) are available exclusively through Tibet House US at 212-807-0563 and www.tibethouse.us.
DETAILS: Esteemed composer Philip Glass, who has just kicked off his 75th Birthday Season, has curated the concert’s incredible line-up and will once again be the artist director for the evening. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are this year’s Honorary Chairpersons for the concert, which commemorates the Monlam Prayer Festival traditionally held at the time of the Tibetan New Year – this year is the Year of the Water Dragon. The festival drew vast numbers of monks, citizens and pilgrims from all over the country who gathered to pray for world peace and prosperity. Tibet House US is a non-profit organization founded in 1987 at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to serve as a center for the preservation and presentation of the endangered Tibetan culture. Proceeds support the work of the Tibet House US, the Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey and other organizations yet to be announced.
