The journey from the initial idea to the final concert was long.The first big step: We needed to find a sponsor for this ambitious project.

Following this, the musicians had to be briefed exactly, because this was the first time that a concert had been set up with no one musician in the same place. And, we only had one chance to get it right.

Then, the technical challenge: Countless tests had to prove whether it would really work – particularly the the conductor’s live TV broadcast to all 50 locations.

And finally: To let the world know that this great idea was going to happen.

Thousands of people visited the concert and hundreds of thousands of clicks were monitored on the Philharmonic’s website. TV stations, newspapers, blogs and websites from Germany and abroad ran reports on the concert. The ticket sales increased and last but not least: the Guinness Book of World Records gave us a certificate!