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 AS A FILMMAKER AND PHOTOGRAPHER TO JOIN AND DOCUMENT THIS SPECIAL EVENT MAINLY IN FORM OF A SHORT DOCUMENTARY, BUT ALSO THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY. THESE PHOTOS ARE PART OF MY DAILY PHOTOGRAPHIC DIARY SHOT ON A CONTAX T2. A LINK TO THE SHORT DOCUMENTARY “ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE NORTH” CAN BE FOUND BELOW.