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Kim Jong Il Appreciates Concert on Works Created by Jang Ryong Sik

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il appreciated a concert given on works created by People's Artiste Jang Ryong Sik.
    Among the audience were senior officials of the WPK Central Committee and creators and artistes of the army and the society.
    Put on the stage were a piano concert "Cantata to Comrade Kim Jong Il", orchestras "Nobody Knows", "General on a Galloping White Horse", Soprano "Let's Go to Mountains and Sea", contralto solo "Fog Creeps over Jong Il Peak" and other colorful numbers arranged and conducted by him.
    Jang Ryong Sik arranged all music pieces in such a way as to meet the emotional and sentimental need of the nation and successfully conducted the group of musicians as an integral whole by his unique skill, thus strikingly demonstrating the greatness of graceful and exquisite Korean music.
    Kim Jong Il warmly congratulated all the artistes on their successful performance and extended thanks to them, expressing great satisfaction over the fact that they presented a splendid concert with high artistry.
    Jang Ryong Sik has conducted creative activities with warm love for the country and the people and indefatigable energy and enthusiasm, thereby producing excellent works loved by the Korean people and conducive to the revolution, he said, calling all the creators and artistes to learn from his earnest and enthusiastic creative work style and attitude.
    He expressed expectation and conviction that the creators and artistes would produce more successful art pieces meeting the need of the new century by abiding by the unique principle of creating art works of Korean style and displaying the work style with which they created the five revolutionary operas and thus become genuine creators and staunch defenders of socialist culture and arts.