Young Korean musicians have been given the chance to perform with top - notch international artists at a Swiss concert in Seoul . So far , 180 talented Korean musicians have practiced for and performed in the annual Lindenbaum Festival Concerts under Swiss Maestro Charles Dutoit , who founded the event along with Hyung Joon - won in 2009 . Dutoit started establishing contacts with North Korea this year with the aim of being able to also invite young North Korean musicians to join future Lindenbaum Festivals . This year ’ s concert was held on Nov . 26 at Song Eun Art Space Atrium in Gangnam . The event is sponsored by the Swiss Cultural Fund Korea created by the Embassy of Switzerland and contributed to by most of the Swiss companies active here . ( kirsyt @ heraldm . com )