The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on August 8 met and congratulated the creative workers and artistes of the National Symphony Orchestra on its 80th founding anniversary.

All the creative workers and artistes of the orchestra were filled with great excitement and joy as they came to realize their greatest desire to have Comrade Kim Jong Un, for whom they yearned so much, at their theatre on the significant founding anniversary.

Comrade Kim Jong Un was courteously greeted at the Moranbong Theatre by officials of the Central Committee of the WPK, Hyon Un Chol, minister of Culture of the DPRK, and leading officials of the National Symphony Orchestra.

When he entered the main lobby of the theatre, the excitement of creative workers and artistes greeting the moment of happiness they had waited for so eagerly developed into thunderous cheers.

Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly congratulated all the creative workers and artistes of the National Symphony Orchestra significantly commemorating its founding anniversary with the glory and pride of having made the brilliant history with the beloved country, and had a photo taken with them.

He presented a bouquet of congratulation to Ho Mun Yong, a conductor who was honoured with the Kim Il Sung Prize, and had a photo taken with the creative workers and artistes who were honoured with high-class state commendations with the pride of having contributed to the development of Juche-oriented symphony.

All the creative workers and artistes broke into stormy cheers and chanted slogans of loyalty in reflection of their firm resolution to continue to write the pages of honourable development history of Juche-oriented symphony by conducting proactive and enterprising activities for artistic creation, bearing deep in mind the love and trust of the benevolent Marshal Kim Jong Un who sent a letter of congratulations to the orchestra greeting its 80th founding anniversary and repeatedly showed great benevolence.

Comrade Kim Jong Un appreciated that it is a source of great pride of our Party, state and people to have such an art group with an excellent history and tradition and high creative ability as the National Symphony Orchestra, which has cultivated the flower garden of Juche-oriented musical art, enthusiastically singing revolutionary songs and other musical works as a march for struggle and creation in the development course of our Republic.

The authoritative National Symphony Orchestra should play a role as an engine in developing the musical art, which is as ever the great motive power for rejuvenation of our state, he said, adding that when the solemn and characteristic sounds of the works of our own style orchestra give greater impetus to the Korean revolution and lead the heyday of development of the musical art in the new era, our cause will emerge victorious with greater strength and full vitality.

Very high are our Party’s and people's expectations in the orchestra which has faithfully preserved its original features of patriotic enthusiasm and sincere artistic creation in their pure forms over the past eight decades, he said, and gave precious instructions to be adhered to as a guideline by the orchestra to exalt its prestige and esteemed name as befitting an art institution of national value that embodies the development aspects of Juche-oriented music.