Patti Smith, Allison Russell and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Join 38th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert with Philip Glass Ensemble, Laurie Anderson and More

As Tibet House’s highly-anticipated 38th annual benefit concert steadily approaches, the host organization has expanded its star-studded lineup with three new additions. On March 3, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, New York icon and longtime Tibet House advocate Patti Smith will return to perform at Carnegie Hall’s hallowed Stern Auditorium, alongside Grammy-winning Americana trailblazer Allison Russell and Emmy-winning co-star of The Bear Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

The three new arrivals join another expansive program of intrepid artists and cultural figureheads, curated by veteran Artistic Directors Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson. Beyond the acclaimed experimentalists at the helm, the diverse creative perspectives to be featured include regular participants like Tibetan composer, multi-instrumentalist and activist Tenzin Choegyal and the storied electro-acoustic Scorchio Quartet, as well as New York-based Ukrainian punk ensemble Gogol Bordello, which will make its second appearance after an anthemic closing set at the 37th benefit.

The 2025 bill will be further bolstered by two previously announced newcomers. Arooj Aftab will take the stage amid a meteoric rise; after her Grammy-winning reworkings of traditional Sufi ghazals on 2021’s Vulture Prince, the genre-bending Pakistani-American singer and composer is nominated again for her 2024 follow-up Night Reign, which centers the 18th-century Urdu poetry of Mah Laqa Bai Chanda. The initial program was completed by five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo, whose singular Afrobeat-jazz fusion–inflected by her Beninese-French background–met with Glass’ orchestral minimalism on 2014’s IFÉ.

Uma Thurman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Arden Wohl and Jonah Freeman will serve as the evening’s honorary chairs. All proceeds from the show will support Tibet House US, the storied non-profit cultural institution founded at the urging of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to ensure the survival of Tibet’s vibrant civilization and culture in exile.

Tickets for the 38th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert are on sale now at carnegiehall.org.  For more information on Tibet House, visit thus.org.