On 5 May 2010, a new record for the most pieces of music performed by a solo artist in 24 hours was achieved by a Japanese pianist Yukio Yokoyama at Tokyo Opera City concert hall in Tokyo, Japan. The concert was organised to celebrate the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin’s 200th anniversary, and Mr Yokoyama’s aim was to perform all of his solo piano pieces, total 166, in one concert.
The concert started at 9 am on 4 May. There were already many people in the audience looking forward to the experience of the day of Chopin. Mr Yokoyama started with the Rondo op.1 and went on to play the 166 pieces chronologically.
When the last part of the concert started at 9 pm, the concert was still full and there was a special atmosphere in the concert hall – it was as if the audience and the pianist had become one. Mr Yokoyama did not show any tiredness and continued performing powerfully without looking at any musical scores as he had memorised all the pieces.
The concert finally finished at 0:45 am on 5 May. The official Guinness World Records adjudicator Kaoru Ishikawa was there to verify the record. As the guideline regulates that each piece must last over 1 min 30 sec, 27 short pieces were deducted from the total 166 performed, and the record was announced as 139. Ms Ishikawa said, ‘ I was overwhelmed by Mr Yokoyama’s performance through the day. Even though it was a long day, I had a memorable day listening to his beautiful performance.’ As the certificate was presented to Mr Yokoyama on stage, the audience all stood up and cheered the pianist for a long time.
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