😱He Escaped North Korea For Music! How Music Made This Man Risk His Life to Escape North Korea. CONTEXT: The Story of Kim Cheol-woong: A Pianist’s Escape from North Korea Escaping North Korea is one of the most dangerous acts in the world, but pianist Kim Cheol-woong did it not once, but twice — all for the love of music. Born into privilege, Kim studied at North Korea’s top music school and later in Moscow, Russia, where he first heard Western music filled with freedom and emotion. On returnin