Romuald Koperski has been presented with the Guinness Book of Records certificate for the world‘s ‘longest piano recital’ category.
The award ceremony in Gdansk was attended by the city’s president Paweł Adamowicz, who praised Koperski as the type of person who proves the world is not boring.
Two months ago Koperski played the piano for 103 hours and 8 seconds. The previous record, held by Charles Brunner of Hungary, was 101 hours and 7 minutes.
Koperski’s repertoire of sixty six pieces has been approved by the Chapter of the Guinness Book of Records. According to the rules, it included popular works of classical music, hits of film music and jazz standards. Improvisation was not permitted. He was entitled to a five-minute rest per one hour of playing.
In addition to being a musician, Romuald Koperski has numerous travel exploits to his credit. In 1998 he single-handedly covered 4, 500 km along the Lena River in a rubber pontoon. He has organized and participated in three trans-Siberian automobile expeditions and took part in the Zurich-New York car expedition in 1994. (mk)