Pyongyang - The New York Philharmonic began an unprecendented concert Tuesday evening in communist, nuclear-armed North Korea. Under the direction of conductor Lorin Maazel the performance began with the national anthems of both countries and will include pieces by Richard Wagner, Antonin Dvorak's and George Gershwin's An American in Paris.
Tuesday's concert at the East Pyongyang Great Theatre is being broadcast live on North Korea's state-run TV and represents the first important cultural contact between the US and the isolated country.
About 300 people, including the 106 musicians of the orchestra, staff and journalists landed in Pyongyang on Monday via Beijing.
Zarin Mehta, the Philharmonic's president and executive director, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
