8,573 Venezuelan musicians set Guinness Record for world’s largest orchestra
- Venezuela has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest orchestra with 8,573 musicians playing together for more than five minutes.
- The record was set by the country’s National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras, known as “El Sistema”.
- The previous such record for an orchestra was made by Russia when 8,097 musicians played together in St. Petersburg.