A Orchestra from North Korea has performed together with the Radio France Philharmonic in a concert in Paris. The concert itself was not more remarkable than any other concert played by any other high class orchestras, but the fact that a major part of the playing musician was from North Korea, one of the remaining dictatorships on this planet, is remarkable.
It is the first concert a North Korean Orchestra has ever played in Europe until now.
| The concert is a remarkable cooperation between France, North and South Korean musicians |
The cooperation of the French and North Korean orchestras was led by the South Korean conductor Chung Myung-Whun.
He told the audience at the Salle Pleyel music hall that the concert featuring the Unhasu orchestra from North Korea and the Radio France Philharmonic from France showed that "music is bigger than borders".
In the first half of the concert, the 75 Unhasu musicians performed North Korean pieces, while in the following parts the joint ensemble performed works including Brahms's Symphony No 1 and Bizet's Carmen.
Chung, who is leading the Radio France Philharmonic since 2000, claimed that he is very proud and happy that he was able to realize this cooperation between the France and North Korea with him, citizen of South Korea as a conductor.
Speaking last week, Chung said he had been trying to organise such a concert - which comes as tensions remain high between the two Koreas - for 30 years.
"For practically all Koreans, outside the world of politics, there are not two Koreas - there's only one country, a family divided," he said.
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