North Korea is a country with whom we've technically been at war since 1950. It's a country that lost close to a million people to famine in the late...
Ben Rosen | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
Just a few days ago, unbelievably, we were in North Korea, a country that comedians might describe as Albania without the glitz. Except that North Korea is no laughing matter.
Adam Hanft | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
The New York Philharmonic's appearance in Pyongyang has vivified the issue of a president's willingness to sit down with dictators who oppose the United States.
Marie Wilson | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
Can musical diplomacy usher in a new era between North Korea and the U.S.?
David Wallechinsky | Posted 02.26.2008 | Home
Last November, Parade Magazine published an article I wrote about a visit I made to North Korea. Space in Parade is limited and the piece was actuall...
Ben Rosen | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics
All 260 of us -- the musicians from the New York Philharmonic, orchestra staff, board members, patrons, and 60 members of the world media -- landed in Pyongyang.
Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics
The New York Philharmonic's trip to Pyongyang is the first major cultural visit by Americans to North Korea. The State Department has endorsed the trip as a potential opening for North Korea toward the outside world.
Ben Rosen | Posted 01.06.2008 | Politics
On Feb. 26, the New York Philharmonic will play Gershwin's An American in Paris and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, From the New World - in North Korea! Or...
23/6 | Posted 12.17.2007 | Home
The New York Philharmonic has accepted an invitation to visit the North Korean capital of Pyongyang for a concert in February, marking the first signi...
Patricia Zohn | Posted 12.05.2007 | Entertainment
You know when the line is WILD AND WOOLY and WRAPS AROUND THE WHOLE LOBBY that something is very different at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Th...
Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 09.21.2007 | Entertainment
On Tuesday morning, for the first time in its history, the New York Philharmonic threw open its doors to the public for a dress rehearsal -- free of charge.
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Ben Rosen | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics