One Harmony on the Korean Peninsula

One Harmony on the Korean Peninsula

010 Eggers Hall

December 8, 2016

5:30 – 8:30 PM

VIOLIN RECITAL

Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 'Chaconne‘

         Johann Sebastian Bach

Caprice for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 24

         Niccolò Paganini

Violinist: Hyung Joon Won

FILM SCREENINGS

‘Arirang’: Encore from the New York’s Philharmonic’s 2008 Concert in Pyongyang

‘9AT38’: Documentary on Lindenbaum’s ‘One Harmony’ Project (Excerpt)

PANEL DISCUSSION with Q&A

Perspectives on Human Rights in North Korea

Hyung Joon Won

Violinist & Founder, Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra

Mr. Won will explain his vision of music as a medium of reconciliation by highlighting the many efforts he has made since 2009 to implement the inter-Korean orchestra project he has named ‘One Harmony’.

Frank Jannuzi

President and CEO, Mansfield Foundation

Drawing on his extensive experience in his current position as well as his previous positions as deputy executive director at Amnesty International, USA and policy director for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Jannuzi will offer a foreign policy perspective on the issue of North Korean human rights.

Ji Yeon Seo

President, SU Chapter, Liberty in North Korea

A senior Broadcast Journalism and Policy Studies major at Syracuse University, Ms. Seo will discuss the work of Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) does as a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting the North Korean people to accelerate change in North Korea.

Fred Carriere

Director, Korean Peninsula Affairs Center

Mr. Carriere will draw on his experience as a former executive director of the Fulbright Program in Korea and executive vice president of The Korea Society in New York City to suggest how educational exchanges can contribute to the promotion of human rights.

RECEPTION

Please join us for Korean hors d'oeuvres and beverages in Eggers Café with the panelists.

Event sponsored by the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Korean Peninsula Affairs Center, East Asia Center and Liberty in North Korea.