Update: Gonzales forever immortalized as musician with the longest attention span. Well, that is until someone else feels like spending 28 hours straight performing
He shoots…he scores!
Per the Ottawan Citizen:
Canadian musician and producer Gonzales broke the world record for the longest-ever solo concert Monday, successfully playing piano for 27 hours, three minutes and 44 seconds. The 37-year-old Gonzales claimed the title from Guinness record-holder Prasanna Gudi of India, who had played raga for 26 hours and 12 minutes in December.
Makes you feel good about yourself, eh?
For his record-breaking concert, Gonzales performed 300 pieces, including works from Gershwin, Beethoven, Britney Spears, and Feist:
Relive all 27+ hours at ustream.tv.
yah EH?
Jul 28th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
[...] something equally awesome and insane: Gonzales, aka Jason Beck, recently broke a world record for longest solo artist performance, clocking in at 27 hours, three minutes and 44 seconds back on May 16th in Paris. Some of the show [...]