Biography
Chilly Gonzales — musician with roots in the Russian Empire
Chilly Gonzales (born Jason Charles Beck) is a Canadian musician and composer, currently based in London after years in Paris, Berlin and Cologne. He has worked with Feist, Daft Punk and Drake, won a Grammy for his work on Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest solo concert.
Russian Connection
Tracing the roots — Canada
Born in Montreal in 1972 into an Ashkenazi Jewish family of Hungarian origin that had taken refuge in Canada during the Second World War.
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Key Achievements
A career defined by ambition
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Guinness World Record: longest solo concert — 27 hours, 3 minutes, 44 seconds (2009)
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Solo Piano (2004) and Solo Piano II (2012)
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Keyboards and piano on Daft Punk's Random Access Memories (2013) — Grammy Award
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Room 29 (2017) with Jarvis Cocker
"Pop music is classical music that hasn't been dead long enough to be taken seriously."
Chilly Gonzales