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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)
After the division of Korea in 1945 and the establishment of North Korea in 1948, revolutionary song-writing traditions were channeled into support for the state, eventually becoming a style of patriotic song called taejung kayo (대중가요) in the 1980s [6] combining classical Western symphonic music, the Soviet socialist realism style, and Korean traditional musical forms. [7]
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. [5]
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Also, the Chorus made music videos shown daily on Korean Central Television of many of its best compositions, with the rise of pro-DPRK channels on social media sites like YouTube in the mid-2000s, the videos of their songs exposed the men of the ensemble and its symphonic orchestra to online viewers outside the country (except in South Korea ...
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]