Wednesday, March 21, 2012

North korea orchestra

  • ATLANTA — An Atlanta-based nonprofit is planning to bring North Koreas national orchestra to the U.S. for a tour that would start in Atlanta, according to the groups president.
  • (Herald Tribune)
  • Associated Press= ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta-based nonprofit group is working to bring North Koreas national orchestra to the U.S.
  • (The Guardian)
  • and a French orchestra performed a landmark concert on Wednesday, adding a note of harmony to long-standing tensions between the isolated nation and the West.
  • (CBC)
  • PARIS — The Unhasu Orchestra of North Korea, one of the country's foremost musical institutions, joined the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra on Wednesday night in a concert here at the Salle Pleyel.
  • (New York Times Blogs)
  • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korea orchestra has arrived in Paris for a rare joint performance with a French orchestra led by a South Korean conductor. North Koreas official Korean Central News Agency says the Unhasu Orchestra landed in Paris on Sunday.
  • (The Guardian)
  • North Korea's Unhasu orchestra will leave its crowd-pleasing "Cantata to Comrade Kim Jong Il" at home in favor of Brahms's first symphony when it plays in Paris on March 14.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • ATLANTA - A non-profit group is working to bring North Koreas national orchestra to the U.S.
  • (Winnipeg Free Press)
  • North Korea has a population of 24 million Kim Yong was a singer in the National Symphony Orchestra and a member of the ruling Workers Party's Central Committee before defecting on a visit to Switzerland in 1991.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • Tensions between North Korea and the West have been high over the years. He told the audience he had got to know another part of his family - members of the Unhasu orchestra - who were playing with his French family.
  • (BBC News)

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