Watch a Guy Play the Violin at a Freakishly Fast Rate of Speed 8.13K Matt Cherette 10/19/10 11:45PM Filed to: Record breakers Record breakers Music Oliver lewis Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee World Record violin violinist Bbc TV Video tweet Violinist Oliver Lewis just broke a world record! He did it by playing his instrument of choice at a seemingly impossible rate of speed, finishing the entirety of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 1 minutes, 3.356 seconds. Watch inside.[The Daily What]