Flight of the Bumblebee Violin Solo Video

Below is the Flight of the Bumblebee violin solo performed by David Garrett. He received the 2010 World Guinness Book Record for the fastest performance in a mere 66 seconds (13 notes per second!) of this piece by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan.

Flight of the Bumblebee Violin Solo plus other short pieces by David Garrett on BBC Blue Peter

David Garret was born in Germany to a German father lawyer and American mother ballerina. At age eight he was playing as a soloist for the London Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Russian National Orchestra. By the time he was thirteen, he was signed to one of the most famous and prestigious classical music labels in the world, Deutsche Grammophon, as a solo artist.

He has played everything from Mozart to Metallica and therefore has appealed to a wide audience of violin music lovers. Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" Queen's ballad, "Who Wants to Live Forever." AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" and Vivaldi's "Summer" from The Four Seasons are included as an eclectic mix on his latest self-titled album. Check out the details below.

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Garrett's unique, and wholly individual style, pays as much homage to Metallica as to Mozart. His forthcoming record covers an incredibly diverse selection of repertoire, representing his love for many genres, and the ability to tackle each successfully. Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal," is cleverly reinterpreted, as is Queen's ballad, "Who Wants to Liv[Read More]

So if you want something different in your violin music collection, this would be the one to get. Even if you don't like the Flight of the Bumblebee Violin Solo music, you got to give David props for the mad skills, eh?

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