The new Perelman Performing Arts Center NYC will open its doors on Friday September, 15 with Refuge: A Concert Series to Welcome the World – a five-evening event featuring a mix of musicians from around the globe, curated around the theme of refuge. All concerts will be Pay-What-You-Wish.
Named for businessman, philanthropist and benefactor Ronald O. Perelman, the PAC will be a modern and forward–looking arts center—a home for theater, dance, music, chamber opera, film and media. PAC will serve as a magnet for visitors from around the city and around the world, and as an anchor for the Lower Manhattan community, with public spaces and programming open to all, a plaza with activity day and night, and an original concept restaurant led by Marcus Samuelsson.
The scheduled performances include:
• NYC Tapestry: Home as Refuge (Sept. 19) – artists who have come from other parts of the world.
• Devotion: Faith as Refuge (Sept. 20) – artists who use music to express their spiritual traditions, including The Klezmatics, Tanya Tagaq, ÌFÉ, Damien Sneed and Chorale Le Chateau, Innov Gnawa, Arun Ramamurthy & Trina Basu ft. Samarth Nagakar, and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
• Playing it Forward: School as Refuge (Sept. 21) – artists who are educating the next generation,including David Broza, Common, Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and Mahani Teave.
• Relatively Speaking: Family as Refuge (Sept. 22) – artists for whom making music is a family affair, including Martha Redbone, Amal Murkus and Firas Zreik, the HawtPlates, Fanoos Ensemble, and Villalobos Brothers
• Childhood Songs: Memory as Refuge (Sept. 23) – artists sharing stories and musical traditions from their childhoods, including Michelle Zauner, Shoshana Bean, Alphabet Rockers, Daniel Gortler, Trinity Youth Chorus and Abigail Washburn.
The Perelman PAC is adjacent to the World Trade Center Oculus and Transportation Hub, located at 251 Fulton Street, New York NY
