N.Y. Philharmonic begins unprecedented trip to Pyongyang

N.Y. Philharmonic begins unprecedented trip to Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The New York Philharmonic arrives at Pyongyang's Sunan International Airport on Feb. 25 for an unprecedented concert on Feb. 26. Lorin Maazel (R center), music director of the orchestra, and Yoko Nagae Ceschina (L center), a Japanese philanthropist who is underwriting a large part of the costs of the concert, wave to the press at the airport.

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