October 18, 2017 - 18:11 AMT
Armenian violinist heads for two more Guinness records

Armenian violinist, record holder of the Guinness Book of Records, Nikolay Madoyan may be included in the Book two more times, the musician himself told a press conference on Wednesday, October 18, Novosti-Armenia reports.

Madoyan had his first musical record registered on February 11-12, 2017 when he performed 59 works for 33 hours (with breaks of 5 minutes every hour) at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall.

The new bid submitted to the Guinness Book of Records was registered on February 20, 2014, when the violinist played 6 concertos of Nikolo Paganini for 3 hours and 25 minutes.

The second record, which is also submitted for registration, had the musician perform Rimsky-Korsakov's "Bumblebee Flight" on an acoustic violin in 46-47 seconds.