Central Military Band of the Korean People's Army

The Central Military Band of the Korean People's Army (Korean: 조선인민군군악단), also sometimes known as the Korean People's Army Marching Band or DPRK Army Orchestra is a North Korean musical group/marching band based in Pyongyang and is the sole military band of the Korean People's Army. The Women's Military Marching Band of the Ministry of People's Security of the DPRK is the all female unit of the central band.

Central Military Band of the Korean People's Army
The band at Arirang Mass Games in August 2013
Nickname
  • Korean People's Army Marching Band
  • DPRK Army Orchestra
LocationPyongyang, North Korea
Founded1950 (1950)
Membersover 200
Central Military Band of the Korean People's Army
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised RomanizationJoseon inmingun gunakdan
McCune–ReischauerChosŏn inmin'gun kunaktan

Brief History and Activities

On February 23, 1946, the Military Band of the Pyongyang Military School was created, which became the predecessor of the Band of the Korean People's Army. In June 1950, it became the Band of the Ministry of People's Security, & later that year, the band became attached as a unit of the Supreme Guard Command's Honor Guard Battalion. By September 1954, full control of the band was given to the Ministry of Public Security, serving for the remainder of the Cold War and the 1990s before being reorganized into a separate entity in June 1998 as a directly reporting unit of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, tasked as the primary unit for the military music activities throughout the whole KPA.[1][2]

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.

Performances
The band on Kim Il Sung Square

The band is similar to United States college marching bands in that they both solely specialize in military style marching, notably during ceremonial parades and public performances. The band has been known to play Pop, Brass & Military music during many of its performances.[3]

Parades and ceremonies

Notable concerts

Festivals
The band in Moscow in August 2019.

See also

References
  1. Военный оркестр Корейской народной армии. amur-waves.ru (in Russian).
  2. правды», Дмитрий СОТНИКОВ | Сайт «Комсомольской (24 May 2012). Военный оркестр из КНДР презентовал хабаровчанам новый мегахит [аудио]. kp.ru (in Russian).
  3. Schönherr, Johannes (2012-08-10). North Korean Cinema: A History. ISBN 9780786490523.
  4. "Corée du Nord : Kim Jong-un nommé " leader suprême "". Radio-Canada. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  5. 중국인민해방군군악단 조선서 공연 (in Korean). 11 August 2018.
  6. remch_ch (2 July 2014). С центральным военным оркестром Министерства обороны РФ. ВИДЕО. livejournal.com (in Russian).
  7. AmurMedia. Первые участники военно-музыкального фестиваля Амурские волны прибывают в Хабаровск - AmurMedia. amurmedia.ru (in Russian).
  8. https://spasstower.ru/en/participants/military-band-of-the-people-s-army-of-the-democratic-people-s-republic-of-korea/
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