Repertoires, Concert Venues & Conductors
SSO is only one large orchestra of Western form in North Korea but include players of improved Korean folk wind instruments, instrumental & vocal soloists and composers for itself. They perform (North) Korean orchestral and chamber works in 70% and Western orchestral works in 30%. Sometimes they perform not only without a conductor but all the players perform without scores;even massive and complicated works along the likes of Gustav Mahler's symphonies. They play chiefly their own concert hall named Moranbong Theatre in Pyongyang.
SSO's principal conductor is Byeong-Hwa Kim since 1969. And this orchestra also plays under Jeong-Gyun Kim (associate principal conductor), Ho-Yun Kim (associate principal conductor), Gwang-Seong Choi (associate conductor), Mun-Yeong Heo (associate conductor) and other guest conductors include Il-Jin Kim, Yeong-Sang Han, Jeong-Rim Jo, Jun-Mu Lee, Hong-Jae Kim and Francis Travis. SSO's concertmaster is Gi-Hyeok Choi.
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