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The Moranbong Band (Korean: 모란봉악단; MR: Moranbong aktan, lit. ' Tree Peony Peak Band '), also known as the Moran Hill Orchestra, [1] is a North Korean girl group. . Performing interpretive styles of pop, rock, and fusion, they are the first all-female band from the DPRK, and made their world debut on 6 July 201
Wangjaesan Light Music Band, Wangjaesan Dance Troupe, Chongbong Band Ryom Chong (lead vocalist), Hyon Song Wol (vocalist) Renamed from 'Light Music Band' to 'Art Troupe' in 2009. Samjiyon Band: Samjiyon Orchestra 삼지연악단 Pop, classical Active Unnamed female song and dance group Kim Ok Ju (vocalist), Han Hong Myong (vocalist)
The music of North Korea includes a wide array of folk, popular, light instrumental, political, and classical performers. Beyond patriotic and political music, popular music groups like Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble and Moranbong Band perform songs about everyday life in the DPRK and modern light pop reinterpretations of classic Korean folk music.
The Wangjaesan Light Music Band (Korean: 왕재산 경음악단; MR: Wangjaesan Kyŏngŭmaktan) is a light music (kyŏngŭmak) group in North Korea.It is one of two (with Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble) popular music groups that were established by North Korea in the 1980s, both named after places where Kim Il Sung fought the Japanese in 1930s. [1]
The CMB-KPA, as the premier and principal band of the whole KPA, presides over all garrison and unit bands within the KPA's service branches and the Worker-Peasant Red Guards. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has described the band as one that is "instilling revolutionary enthusiasm and fighting spirit into all the service personnel and people." [5]
The group was formed on June 4, 1985, from the electronic music section of the Mansudae Art Troupe. [4] The group was the first electronic pop group in the country. In 1991, the ensemble traveled to Japan to perform as part of a cultural exchange between North Korea and Japan.
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The band is named after the town of Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province near Mount Paektu that is symbolic of the Kim dynasty.In North Korean propaganda, the town is portrayed as a "sacred site of the revolution", where the founding leader Kim Il Sung won an important battle against the Japanese and where his son Kim Jong Il was born.