The North Korean Moranbong Orchestra held its first demonstration performance on July 6, 2012. North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un watched the performance and spoke highly of it. North Korean people said that the performance was very fresh and impressive, and they praised the performers' skills.
The performance is divided into the first part and the second part. The artist performed the light music "Arirang", the female quintet "Study", the light music "Li Fener", the light music and the song "The Winners", Female trio "The Silk Weaver Girl of Yongbyon", string quartet "Can't Leave Your Arms" and foreign light music "Chadash", "Victory", "Gypsy Song", female sextet "Red Flag Flying" ", light music and the song "Suite of World Children's Famous Songs" and other colorful programs.
At the demonstration performance of the Mudanfeng Orchestra, the brisk and bold performances of more than 10 female performers, the enthusiastic singing of young singers and the dazzling stage lighting left a strong shock to people.
Performance evaluation
Teachers and students of Pyongyang Kim Won-kyun University of Music unanimously said that the performance was very fresh and they wanted to watch it again. They were full of praise for the unique arrangement and the skilled techniques of the performers.
A music university student said that he was deeply impressed by the performance of orchestra leader Yu Xiangji and said that he would work hard to become as good a performer as her.
The teacher at the Music University said that after watching the performance, she once again understood Kim Jong-un's remarks about boldly adopting excellent foreign culture and transforming it into North Korea's own advantages, and emphasized that he must pay for North Korean traditional music and mass music. Intelligence and passion.
After the performance, Kim Jong-un waved to the enthusiastically cheering performers and audience. He expressed great satisfaction with the creators and artists of the Moranbong Orchestra for their revolutionary creative style and excellent performance with high ideological and artistic qualities. He congratulated them on the success of the performance and expressed his gratitude to them as the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.
Kim Jong-un said that this is a performance that promotes revolution and construction, a brand-new performance that vividly displays the flavor of the times, and a performance that reaches a new level in content and form. All the musicians and singers in the Moran Peak Orchestra have a bright future, and the conductor of the orchestra, Xian Yuxiangji, performed really well. We must comply with the requirements of the times and the aspirations of the people as well as our thoughts, feelings and aesthetic views, and continue to develop traditional music and popular music in a harmonious manner. He expressed his expectation and belief that the creators and artists of the Moranbong Orchestra will, as always, better complete the powerful trumpeter and role in the struggle to carry forward the patriotic legacy of the great Comrade Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Il - our country and our motherland. The mission of being true fellow travelers of motorcycles, military and civilians. On September 3, 2014, the Moranbong Orchestra's new concert was held at the Mansudae Art Theater in North Korea. North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju watched the concert. The concert kicked off with the female trio singing "The People Praise the Endearing Name". The female solo and side singing "The Harvest Song of the Sea", "My Heart", "Confess", "Let the Years Go By", "The Sea of ??Apples at the Foot of Tieling", the light music suite "Glorious Motherland", "Hymn to the Motherland", etc. won the audience. applause. After the concert, Kim Jong-un waved back to the enthusiastically cheering performers and audience, congratulating him on the success of the performance.
Concert Evaluation
Kim Jong-un said that the Moranbong Orchestra has a revolutionary and militant creative ethos, and this concert fully verified this. The Moranfeng Band not only created new works such as the song "Sea of ??Apples at the Foot of Tieling", but was not satisfied with the results achieved and worked hard to improve its strength and skills, thus making great progress in the image of its creations.
Kim Jong-un said that cadres, creators and artists of North Korean literature and art departments should learn from the creative ethos of the Moranbong Orchestra in order to initiate innovation in artistic creation activities, and gave important instructions to this end.
Kim Jong-un emphasized that North Korean creators and artists in the literary and art sector should create more works with the flavor of the times. We must believe that our own melody and rhythm are the best, and make great efforts to create folk songs, and at the same time create Korean-style popular music and other artistic works that meet the emotional needs of the Korean people.
Kim Jong-un expressed his expectation and belief that all cadres, creators and artists of the North Korean literary and art department, including the Moranbong Orchestra, will open a new heyday for the development of North Korean literature and art.
North Korean leaders such as Hwang Byung-soo, Kim Ki-nam, Choe Ryong-hae, Kim Yang-geon, Kim Yo-jong, and Ri Zai-yi, cadres, creators, and artists of the North Korean military and social arts departments, Ministry of Culture, and Literature Officials and writers from the Central Committee of the General Art Federation and the Central Committee of the Writers' Union, as well as teachers and researchers from the art education department watched the concert together. On April 11, 2013, North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un sent the North Korean Moranbong Band to perform a condolence performance at the 630th Joint Force of the People's Army, fulfilling the promise he made when he visited the unit in March 2013.
Secret Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, the General Political Director of the Korean People's Army, conveyed Kim Jong Un's gift to the troops. Creators, artists and leading cadres from the Moranfeng Band visited together. The army soldiers also performed a grass flute ensemble "Soldiers Behind Enemy Lines Sing a Song to Defend the Leader to the Death" and fighting stunts.
On the same day, a live performance by the Moranbong Band to celebrate the first anniversary of Kim Jong-un's election as the First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and the First Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea was also held at the Military Hall.
Under the careful guidance of Kim Jong-un, the Moranbong Orchestra has grown into a national treasure-level art group and is loved and warmly welcomed by North Korean military and civilians. Soldiers and their families at the station watched the performance of the Moranfeng Band up close. When the singers appeared, the audience gave thunderous applause.
Female artists presented the light music "Look at Us", the female trio "When Night Falls to the Motherland", the light music "The Motherland Will Always Remember", "Forward and Forward", light music to the officers and soldiers. and colorful programs such as the song "Our Marching Road" and the finale "The People Are a Loyal Heart". The Meritorious National Chorus of North Korea and the Moranbong Orchestra will go to China for a goodwill visit and performance from December 10 to 15, 2015. The choir and orchestra were led by Choe Hui, First Vice Minister of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. On December 9, 2015, he took a special train from Pyongyang to visit China to perform. KCNA said that the two art groups' trip to China will contribute to enhancing the friendship between the people of North Korea and China and further developing cultural and artistic exchanges. The outside world also generally regards this as the latest signal of the continuous development of friendly relations between China and North Korea.
Yonhap News Agency reported on December 9, 2015 that the North Korean Meritorious Choir and Moranbong Orchestra will perform at the National Center for the Performing Arts of China. The report said that the China National Center for the Performing Arts is a landmark facility for culture and art in Beijing, and the performance of two major art groups here can be seen as a symbol of the further warming of China-North Korea relations. According to speculation, the number of North Korean art troupes visiting China may exceed 100 people. After two days of rest on the 10th and 11th, there will be continuous performances from the 12th to the 14th. South Korea's "Dong-A Ilbo" stated that during the North Korean Moranbong Band's visit to China, there will be a performance starting at 16:00 and lasting for about 2 hours. However, the performance will not sell tickets to the public. The North Korean Embassy in China will invite 2,000 people from all walks of life in China to watch. .