Update: Gonzales forever immortalized as musician with the longest attention span. Well, that is until someone else feels like spending 28 hours straight performing

By Alex Young on May 19th, 2009 in News

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.

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