Musicians watch themselves on a giant video screen in the Commerzbank Arena stadium as the members of a mass orchestra are rehearsing for a World Record attempt on the pitch of the stadium in Frankfurt, Germany, 09 July 2016. EPA
Musicians watch themselves on a giant video screen in the Commerzbank Arena stadium as the members of a mass orchestra are rehearsing for a World Record attempt on the pitch of the stadium in Frankfurt, Germany, 09 July 2016. EPA

 

Frankfurt – More than 7,500 musicians gathered in a soccer stadium in Germany to perform together in the world’s largest orchestra.

Organizers of the event on Saturday said they broke the previous record, which was established in Brisbane, Australia in 2013 when 7,224 musicians played together for five minutes. In Frankfurt 7,548 musicians performed, 324 more than in Australia.

“The challenge for us as the organizers is to get the musicians to play all at the same time,” Jens Illemann told Reuters.

“We solved this by putting up a 550 square meter (yard) video screen here at the stadium so that our director, Wolf Kerschek will be seen 16 meters (19 feet) tall from every corner of the stadium.”

Spectators on the ranks of the Commerzbank Arena stadium watch members of a mass orchestra rehearsing for a World Record attempt on the pitch of the stadium in Frankfurt, Germany, 09 July 2016. An orchestra with more than 7,000 musicians from all over Germany gathers here for the initiative 'Wir fuellen das Stadium' (lit.: We fill the stadium) in an attempt to form the world biggest orchestra for an entry into the famous Guinness Book of Records. EPA/HASAN BRATIC
Spectators on the ranks of the Commerzbank Arena stadium watch members of a mass orchestra rehearsing for a World Record attempt on the pitch of the stadium in Frankfurt, Germany, 09 July 2016. An orchestra with more than 7,000 musicians from all over Germany gathers here for the initiative ‘Wir fuellen das Stadium’ (lit.: We fill the stadium) in an attempt to form the world biggest orchestra for an entry into the famous Guinness Book of Records. EPA/HASAN BRATIC

 

As reported by Vos Iz Neias