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The New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang's Grand Eastern Theater.
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February 26, 2008 In an act of symphonic diplomacy, the orchestra pays a visit to the North Korean capital.
Interviews & Profiles
September 7, 2011 The composer places the 9/11 experience in a larger context, from ancient Greece onward.
July 3, 2010 Conductor Marin Alsop's latest adventure muses on a meeting between Gustav Mahler and Sigmund Freud
December 29, 2009 Mahler answered the metaphysical challenge of Beethoven's Ninth with the "Resurrection" Symphony.
June 30, 2009 Leonard Bernstein performs American music with mid-century flair in this 1959 recording.
June 2, 2009 After 60 years, Stanley Drucker gives his final performances with the orchestra.
January 2, 2009 The historic Pyongyang performance was the biggest story in classical music in 2008.
March 10, 2008 New York Philharmonic conductor Lorin Maazel talks about his recent performance in North Korea.
January 15, 2007 Cynthia Phelps says violas play a "subtle but exciting" role in the texture and feel of the music.
News
November 30, 2012 A major move for the NY Phil and back-and-forthing in Minnesota: a guide to what you need to know.
February 26, 2008 In an act of symphonic diplomacy, the orchestra pays a visit to the North Korean capital.
February 26, 2008 The philharmonic is the first major American cultural group to visit the isolated communist nation.
February 25, 2008 The group is slated to perform Wagner, Dvorak and Gershwin for the historic occasion.
December 11, 2007 The orchestra's visit comes amid hints of thawing relations between Washington and Pyongyang.
December 11, 2007 The orchestra will perform a concert in Pyongyang, North Korea in February.
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July 21, 2007 Alan Gilbert, son of New York violinist Yoko Takebe, grew up in the orchestra and now will lead it.
September 16, 2006 The principal oboe of the New York Philharmonic shows how he shapes the reeds his instrument needs.
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January 24, 2012 Hear the famed pianist and the New York Philharmonic celebrate the Lunar New Year.
January 13, 2012 Newly discovered Brahms, a baritone's farewell and the iPhone that mauled Mahler.
August 7, 2011 Still rarely performed, a very adult opera is swaddled in a charming fairy tale setting.
June 23, 2011 A performance of The Cunning Little Vixen at the New York Philharmonic raises myriad questions.
July 18, 2007 The 40-year-old conductor will be the first native New Yorker ever to hold the position.
March 15, 2007 Young conductor Alan Gilbert leads the N.Y. Philharmonic; his mother plays in the violin section.
