Event Alert: Tibet House US to Hold 22nd Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall, February 13th, 2012

January 10th, 2012 by Trenton

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Tibet House US announced recently that it will hold its 22nd Annual Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Monday, February 13th, 2012.

Join Philip Glass and his hand-picked lineup for this year's Tibet House US benefit.

Philip Glass, the concert’s Artistic Director, has curated a lineup that includes James Blake, Dechen Shak-Dagsay, Laurie Anderson, and Rahzel. Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Tickets are on sale now and available through the Carnegie Hall Box Office. Special packages that include tickets to the concert and a fundraising reception following the performance with the event’s Honorary Chairpersons and artists are available through Tibet House US.

For twenty one years, the consistently sold-out Tibet House US concert has assembled music’s greatest talents, offering a vibrant mix of new musical collaborations and solo offerings.  Past benefit concerts have included Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Sheryl Crow, Moby, Sigur Ros, Bright Eyes, R.E.M., The National, Natalie Merchant, Regina Spektor, Rufus Wainwright, Vampire Weekend, Emmylou Harris, Ray Davies, Damien Rice, The Roots, Patti Smith, among many others.

The Tibet House US Benefit Concert commemorates the Monlam Prayer Festival traditionally held at the time of the Tibetan New Year. 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 behest of His Holiness the Dalai Lama that serves as a center for the preservation and presentation of the endangered Tibetan culture.