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Musical embassadors

Left: Leonard Bernstein leads the nascent Israel Philharmonic from the piano during “Rhapsody in Blue” in the Negev Desert during wartime, 1948. Right: Eugene Ormandy of the Philadelphia Orchestra walks with Chinese officials at the Great Wall of China, 1973.

The New York Philharmonic, the oldest orchestra in the, United States, has announced plans to play U.S.-themed music in North Korea.