OVERVIEW

FROM 5 TO 9 NOVEMBER 2012 THE GOETHE INSTITUT KOREA ARRANGED A UNIQUE CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTER. ON THEIR INITIATIVE THE MUNICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (MKO) WENT TO VISIT PYONGYANG IN NORTH KOREA, ONE OF THE MOST INTERNATIONALLY ISOLATED PLACES IN THE WORLD. TOGETHER WITH STUDENTS AT THE PYONGYANG KIM WON GYUN CONSERVATORY, THE MUSICIANS AND THEIR CONDUCTOR ALEXANDER LIEBREICH WORKED ON A REPERTOIRE FROM THREE CENTURIES AND THEN PRESENTED THE RESULTS AT A FINAL CONCERT. I WAS KINDLY INVITED FROM SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, AS A FILMMAKER AND PHOTOGRAPHER TO JOIN AND DOCUMENT THIS SPECIAL EVENT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS I TOOK TO DOCUMENT THE GATHERING OF THE TWO ORCHESTRAS. FURTHER BELOW ARE LINKS THAT FEATURE THE SHORT DOCUMENTARY AND ADDITIONAL PHOTOS I TOOK DURING THE STAY IN PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA.