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In summer 2007 the New York Philharmonic received an invitation that was unprecedented in the orchestra's history. North Korea, the world's most isolated and secluded country and technically at war with the United States, invited the orchestra to play in the capital of Pyongyang. Just a few months later, two hundred orchestra members and more than one hundred journalists disembarked from a chartered plane at Pyongyang's deserted airport. They were about to experience a historic moment, the first-ever performance by an American orchestra in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
2020

Live Aid
1985

Adele One Night Only
2021

Listen to Me Marlon
2015

The Class of ‘92
2013

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006

A Decade Under the Influence
2003

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022

The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006