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Koh’s visit to North Korea marked the first performance of a piece by Isang Yun, a Korean-German composer, by a joint group of North and South Korean musicians, and the first performance of Yun’s signature work—his cello concerto—in North Korea...
Right before the concert, Koh visited the Isang Yun memorial museum in Pyongyang. He said that the inspiration helped contribute to his performance...
...Isang Yun concert hall where he performed is an exact replica of the Berlin Philharmonic’s concert hall. In fact, it has slightly better acoustics Koh noted...
North Korea’s Isang Yun Institute and South Korea’s Isang Yun Peace Foundation paid for Koh’s entire trip including the plane ticket, the room in a first-class hotel overlooking Pyongyang, the tours, and the nightly banquets...
...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...