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After acclaimed South Korean cellist Bong-Ihn Koh ’08 finished performing Isang Yun’s cello concerto in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday night, a crowd of 30 girls surrounded his bus—but all they could do was wave good...
...according to Gou Young Koh—Bong-Ihn’s father, who also attended the concert—North Korean newspapers played down Koh’s historic role in the 27th annual Isang Yun festival...
...They talked lots about the music event, but they didn’t talk a lot about Bong-Ihn,” he said in an interview from South Korea, “because Bong-Ihn came from America, and they didn’t want to talk about America...
After two years of waiting, South Korean cellist Bong-Ihn Koh ’08 will finally get to play alongside a North Korean orchestra in Pyongyang today...
...Hong, the manager of the music business department at the Isang Yun Peace Foundation, wrote in an e-mail that the concert’s organizers invited Koh to perform Yun’s cello concerto because “Bong-Ihn’s playing Isang Yun’s music has the infinite possibility to contribute to the peace and reunification of North and South Korea...