beautiful documentary, when you strip the complexities and conflicts of politics...people are people...music is our universal unifier

Yes, after playing Arirang, I could see that it was touching their souls. People are people. Great job NY Philharmonic! Really enjoyed watching this video.

"excellent.... she's my colleague"... there's a lotta things people can say about the politics of Korea....... but DAMN that guy killed that line and he knows it. Just look at the look on his face!

That was lovely. Esp when they played arirang that was just beautiful

What an absolutely beautiful documentary of an amazing trip, an exchange of cultures, emotions and hearts, through music. I'm sure the members that had reservations on going, came away appreciating the experience the most.

This is unlike anything I've never seen before. I got chills hearing the orchestra play both anthems. It saddens me that North Korea doesn't get the necessary attention they deserve. It's the only country in isolation & seeing bus loads of Americans there will truly go down in history. I hope in the near future we can all unite & promote peace, not war!

For all the horrors of NK, the country does have some excellent English translators. The woman in white at 13:26 is very good and caught everything uttered by Lorin Maazel, which isn't that easy to do. Her boss is also excellent. They're better than most South Korean translators, who're prone to over or undertranslating.

This is so heartwarming and makes me feel hopeful that there's going to be some sort of relative friendship in the next years. I loved this video. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing once in a lifetime experience. I feel proud to know that my experience in music can be life changing not just to me, but to millions of people all around the world.

Aaahh....just lovely. Thanks for this. I would love to know what the entire program selections were.

Amazing documentary!! Thank you so much for sharing. I truly enjoyed watching this..

Excellent production from both humanism and music value perspectives. Amazingly it took over a decade for Google algorithm to connect me with this deep soul searching moment. Thank you

Lorin Maazel is a musical genius....bravo Maestro

I must say that Pyongyang's Concert Hall is beautiful !!! :)

This documentary is very refreshing. Thank you for sharing.

No matter where you live, or what you believe, music is the language we all understand and see eye-to-eye on.

Relations hip has to start somewhere, through music it is possible. One can argue, that there were only privileged people in the concert hall, but at the end of the concert true emotions could be seen. Only through the leadership things can be changed, no matter what kind of government... The process is slow, but much better than using force. I wish the Koreans well, all of them, and all the peoples of the world. If there is a "god", it can only be one, for all...

Thank you for uploading this.

Playing of the anthems was so moving. 😥

Alejandro Cao Be Benos is not a "special delegate" of North Korea. Why both interviewing him? He gave himself that title. His title is just some privileged Spaniard guy that supports the DPRK regime. That "Committee for Cultural Relations with foreigners" does not represent any countries. It's just the name of a company that he owns and registered in Spain. He recently was arrested for arms trafficking for the DPRK in Spain. He's shady. Why bother interviewing him?

Wow very touching and history in the making

Beautiful but sad because of the events continuing to unfold and the lives outside of Pyongyang. Music and dance are wonderful ways of connecting; the experience can lead to so much optimism and I can only hope the positive feelings continue to build- and that there's cause to feel positive in our interactions.

Heart warming . A sense of hope for the people of America and North Korea though music .

thank you for your video, read show, you will like this concert

Very moving and touching. Thank you.

thank you for your video, this was in 2009 we have look at part 1 and 2 this how things should be in the world, frenfrendships and kindnesse. we have one question to ask you that you put the DPRK/northkorean Anthem" AEGUKKA" on You Tube, we will even be more happy

It is tragic relations have gone nowhere since. You can see how easy it is to gain trust.

I would love to invite NY Philharmonic performs to Vientiane…..Please

Music the great communicator

thx for the info didnt know this guy before

That was awesome

Simply heart breaking finish !!

No, it's not him in the middle.

10:48 National anthems 16:45 Ariyang

for many it's a once in a lifetime experience as music delegation members visiting the country

ok i believe you, have a good day

This was recorded in 2008.

Why wasn't this on the news here in the US? Maybe I missed it?

really touching.

Great video of how music can bring people together. Can someone tell me the name of the musical piece commencing at 23:58 please.

Hearing the US anthem and seeing the American flag displayed in the DPRK is something I would've never imagine. This event is incredibly special and historic , I cant believe I'm finding out about this just now.

23:30 I've read about this visit, and I'm so glad to see these videos!!

Time Travel.

Beautiful. Made me cry

talks about talking korean yet only said one or two words

It's nice to see just 1 video of a positive interaction between our people. Im so tired of the hate and war.

At 22:40 did he just blurt out "my North Korean daughter" followed up by "ciao bella", then forcing cheek-kissing with that poor girl? He must have thought himself such a bad ass, using that ol' American charm to win 'em over Never cringed so hard.

Pray for the beautiful people of North Korea. Wonderfully moving documentary.

Goes to show, you take away all that political ideological standoff bullshit aside, people are people wherever you go. They all want to live and enjoy their lives in their own terms. And some things are just universal.

Can someone tell me the name of the piece that starts at 14:30. Thanks

There a young Kim Jong Il in the audience at 00:00 WHAT THE HELL?!!!

I am watching this, at castleton va, maestro maazel’s home

Thank you for posting this. We need to free the North Koreans and somehow get that brain wash out of them.

9:09 ). 심정이 어드렌지! 말해 보라요 일없슴다 ㅡㅡ I think she is. Very carefull About what she might saying , she didn't make Mistake. ㅡ☯️🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

At the beginning I was against this. My thoughts: ‘Purely for a ruthless dictator to show his power! Just for the elite. (Which was true).’ But was in tears by the end. Playing the anthem and folk song (which is a beautiful piece of music) really joined hearts (including mine)! It is sad that the political situation has become so much worse since Kim Jong Il has passed away. The people are suffering so! It is said that 80% of the population is starving in the true sense of the world! 80%‼️‼️ They have the most nuclear weapons of any country with the possible expectation of China. They have the second largest military force next to the USA!! And probably the most hard core brainwashed people in the world (IMO)! What happened to cause this? They actually teach children in school to call Americans ‘Yankee B*stards’. During the music lessons (part 1) when the girl who played the violin was about to play, she looked scared to death. She never cracked a smile or seemed to acknowledge him. I was surprised to see a girl especially after hearing the explanation of the fact that the Pyangyoung Orchestra is comprised of all men except for 2female harpists.

oh they were allowed there and allowed out. Didn't get kidnapped like others americans.

well I guess the 'musical diplomacy' didn't work out that well, did it?

Ask the Koreans about the Japanese Colonial Occupation. Is it better than Washington's Colonial Occupation?

19:29

lies dont tell lies.ok?

We love you North Korea. - from an American global citizen, friend of North Korea. Comrade.

300 NK people were executed during the making of this film for showing emotion towards the American people. I guess the NK people do have feelings