Saturday, March 29 at 8 p.m. KOCE-TV will Air Ground-Breaking Footage from the First North Korean Visit by an American Cultural Organization since the Korean Peninsula was Divided

The New York Philharmonic has given an historic concert in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. It was the first visit by a major US musical group to North Korea.

North Koreans applauded the historic first performance in their capital by a U.S. symphony orchestra. VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin looks at an event some call a watershed in thawing chilled ties between the two countries.

Members of the New York Philharmonic are in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, for the first performance by a U.S. symphony orchestra in the communist state. The event has been a magnet for global media attention, and many people see it as a small opening into an isolated, impoverished nation. VOA's Kurt Achin in Seoul reports.

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra has arrived in North Korea on a historic trip as the most prominent American cultural institution to visit the isolated country.

The representatives of New York Philharmonic are to visit North Korea to discuss the possibility of a history-making performance in the communist nation.

Yo-Yo Ma just now finished a breathtaking performance of Anton Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala Concert - Lorin Maazel.

While Alan Gilbert will be the new music director of the New York Philharmonic orchestra, Riccardo Muti is to be in residence multiple weeks per season.