Brit musician named world’s fastest violinist
October 19th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANIMelbourne, Oct 19 (ANI): A violinist in England has smashed the record for the fastest performance of Flight of the Bumblebee.
Professional musician, Oliver Lewis, 39, completed his fast fiddle rendition of the Rimsky-Korsakov piece live on the long-running BBC children’s program Blue Peter overnight.
His time of one minute 3.356 seconds, witnessed in the studio by a Guinness World Records representative, shaved nearly a second off the previous record, reports The Age.
Learning of his success after the attempt was verified for accuracy, Lewis, from east London said: ‘I feel so much relief, thank you very much.’(ANI)
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