North Koreans Welcome Symphonic Diplomacy

Video of NYC Philharmonic in North Korean

For a brief moment in a concert hall, music helped to bridge the divergent political beliefs between the U.S. and North Korea-- suggesting yet again the power and universal beauty music beholds! Here is a short excerpt from The New York Time. For the full article, please read: The New York Times

"Feb. 26, 2008 - The New York Philharmonic brought musical diplomacy to the heart of communist North Korea in a historic concert Tuesday before the communist nation's elite...

The audience applauded for more than five minutes, and orchestra members, some of them crying, waved. People in the seats cheered and waved back, reluctant to let the visitors leave..."