North Koreans Welcome Symphonic Diplomacy
2008 February 28
February 26, 2008 The New York Times, The Washington Post
Accepting an invitation offered last year from Kim Jong Il’s, the New York Philharmonic played in North Korea this week in a concert that was broadcast live on state television. The orchestra played American favorites such as the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ and George Gershwin´s ‘An American in Paris’, as well as the beloved Korean folk song, ‘Arirang’.
It was the first time an American cultural organization had appeared in North Korea since the Korean War, a trip which was seen by some as an opening for warmer relations with the United States, which North Korea has long reviled. Read more about this example of symphonic diplomacy here and here.
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