City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Multitalented and manifold, the members of Worldwide Tuning Society grace the Alphabet City stage for a night of uniquely exuberant music. Inspired by global roots-music and grounded by serious experience within them, Worldwide Tuning Society is a collective of diverse international performing artists and musicians dedicated to elevating spirit through sound.
Samuel Boateng returns to City of Asylum with the ADEPA ensemble to share his journey as a transnational African artist using music, visual art, film, and scholarship as his medium. ADEPA, is a multidisciplinary group of musicians who perform highlife, afrobeat, jazz, and modern African music, drawing from adowa, azonto, agbadza, funk, kete, and gospel.
This program is the remarkable debut of our Ukrainian Artist Series, which honors the resiliency of Ukrainian people and amplifies the remarkable work of Ukrainian artists. March’s program features violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv, accompanied by esteemed pianist Sung-Im Kim and celebrated Ukrainian poet Yuriy Tarnawsky.
This program is a part of the Eris Quartet’s 2023 spring tour, which centers around their program "Paintings, Songs, and Dances," a presentation of contemporary string quartet repertoire through the lens of interdisciplinary performance.
Presented in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Modern Languages, this concert celebrates the release of "Montréal Encore." The album is a collaborative international project of Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Christopher Mark Jones and Montreal poet Bernard Pozier.
