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Posted at 12:03am on Dec. 23, 2007 The New York Philharmonic Goes to Pyongyang
Reprising a traditional role as Cultural Ambassadors
By blackhedd
You've heard that the New York Philharmonic is going on tour to the hermit kingdom of North Korea. I'll admit when the definitive news came out a couple of weeks ago, I was darned surprised. I'd heard various things about this through the grapevine since August or so, and I'd have bet a lot of money that it wouldn't happen.
Needless to say, the politics of this are fraught, and subject to a range of interpretations. Here's some additional background and context, for those of you who have never been involved in planning and executing a tour by a major performing-arts organization. (As it turns out, I have.)
Read on...
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