As part of NYC’s Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) mission to “champion accessible and diverse artistic voices,” Thekoiway will bring their Latin-Alternative sound to the PAC NYC Lobby Stage on January 31 at 6:00 PM. This unticketed performance is free and open to the public.

Recently, NYC-based Latin-Alternative project Thekoiway released “Cordillera,” the latest single from Chilean musician and producer Victor Vildósola. Known for “socially conscious music rooted in migration, identity, and storytelling,” the project focuses on performances that “celebrate diversity and human connection.”

Blending Andean folk traditions with modern Latin-Alternative Production, “Cordillera” combines “personal memory and collective history,” including themes of “loss, spiritual resilience, and the search for higher ground.”

The accompanying lyric video features a performance by Héctor Noguera, one of Chile’s most revered actors and a pillar of Latin American arts. Noguera recites an excerpt from “Los Nuevos Pueblos” by Raúl Zurita, National Arts Prize recipient and winner of the Reina Sofía Award for Ibero-American Poetry.

Formed by an international collective of artists, Thekoiway explores “migration, resilience, and cultural identity” through original songs in both Spanish and English. The project is inspired by the legend of the koi fish that swims upstream to become a dragon.