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How many musicians played in the largest orchestra ever assembled, in Venezuela in 2021?

8,573
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Venezuela's El Sistema put 8,573 musicians on one stage playing Tchaikovsky together — it took over 250 adjudicators just to verify everyone was really playing.SOURCEGuinness World Records, November 2021
Scale check: 8,573 is roughly a village.
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