{"id":4493,"date":"2012-01-11T14:22:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T14:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2012-01-20T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T13:29:52","slug":"where-is-the-remote-control-and-a-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/where-is-the-remote-control-and-a-world-record-4493\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is the Remote Control? and a World Record!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Without music life would be a mistake.” <\/em> – Friedrich Nietzsche<\/p>\n

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Alek\u00adsey Igudes\u00adman and Hyung-ki Joo are two clas\u00adsi\u00adcal musi\u00adcians who have taken the world by storm with their unique and hilar\u00adi\u00adous the\u00adatri\u00adcal shows, which com\u00adbine com\u00adedy with clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music and pop\u00adu\u00adlar cul\u00adture. Their clips on YouTube, to date, have gath\u00adered over 15 mil\u00adlion hits, and they have appeared live on tele\u00advi\u00adsion in sev\u00aderal coun\u00adtries, includ\u00ading an exclu\u00adsive inter\u00adview for CNN. <\/p>\n

Equally com\u00adfort\u00adable per\u00adform\u00ading in clas\u00adsi\u00adcal con\u00adcert halls, as well as in sta\u00addi\u00adums in front of crowds of 18,000, their uni\u00adfied dream is to make clas\u00adsi\u00adcal music acces\u00adsi\u00adble to a wider and younger audience. Aleksey Igudesman and Richard Hyung-ki Joo have been working together since their very first meeting, at the age of 12, when they were pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School. Very much inspired by Menuhin, their unified dream was to bring classical music to a larger audience. <\/p>\n

Now, years later, following in the footsteps of luminaries such as Victor Borge, Dudley Moore, and even Glenn Gould, they have created a ground-breaking show that defies categorization and by marrying humour with music, they have come closer to realizing their dream.<\/p>\n

December 31, 2011:
\nWorld Record of the Most Dancing Violinists<\/h2>\n

Igudesman and Joo searched the world and recruited the greatest dancing violinists who travelled at their own expense to create a world record of the Igudesman and Joo “Most Dancing Violinists” for UNICEF. Conducted by legendary Bond actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore, and ably assisted by the violin virtuoso Julian Rachlin, the Morrison Jig came alive in a unique way as they created the world record they journeyed so far and wide to achieve. Keep them dancing in perpetuity by donating to UNICEF in honor of UNICEF Austria’s 50th Birthday and the world record.<\/p>\n