Watch: European pianist who took UAE Flag, National Anthem to Everest

Watch: European pianist who took UAE Flag, National Anthem to Everest

He played the UAE’s national anthem in both the performances along with the UAE flag in the first one.

Zoltán broke the record for “highest altitude grand piano performance” at 5,325.77m (17,473 ft) at the Everest South Base Camp, Nepal. The pianist performed 63 pieces for 132 minutes, at temperatures between 1°C and 3°C.

“Among the 63 pieces I played were 37 classical piano pieces, and 26 national hymns or anthems of various countries including the UAE,” Zoltán told Gulf News from Romania in an online interview.

UAE flag at Himalayas

Zoltan said he took a picture holding up the UAE flag in the Himalayas right after his record-setting performance. “The UAE flag was the fourth one after the flag of my own nation and regions. I then took a photo with the flag of each nation whose anthems were chosen. It was an honour holding up the UAE national flag after the piano performance, especially during the country’s Golden Jubilee. Really!”

In a span of 105 days, he set the second Guinness World Record, dubbed as the hardest one on piano. “Between September 19 and 25, I set the world record for the longest marathon playing keyboard / piano by an individual at 130