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[VIDEO] Danish Orchestra Eats World's Most 'Pedas' Chilli In The Middle Of Performance

This is a tough act to swallow, I mean follow.

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Claus Pilgaard, better known as "Chili Klaus" is a Danish web celebrity stemming for his love for spicy chillies. Recently, he fed some of the world's hottest chillies to the National Chamber Orchestra in Denmark.

Claus Pilgaard, better known as "Chili Klaus" is a Danish web celebrity stemming for his love for spicy chillies. Recently, he fed some of the world's hottest chillies to the National Chamber Orchestra in Denmark.

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Claus Pilgaard, a Danish web celebrity known as ‘Chili Klaus’ for his love of the spicy vegetable, fed some of the world’s hottest chillies to the National Chamber Orchestra in Copenhagen, to shed some light on the troupe’s plight.

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'Chili Klaus' brought Carolina Reapers, Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend (TSMB) and Ghost Peppers for a “little piece of classical music and a little bit of spicy food”.

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Why? DR, Denmark's national broadcaster will be calling time on the orchestra after 75 years due to budget cuts

DR, the country’s national broadcaster, is calling it a day on the orchestra after 75 years, but Chili Klaus wanted them to go out with a bang – and that comes in the shape of Carolina Reapers, Trinidad Scopion Moruga Blend and Ghost Peppers, some of the most intense chillies in the world.

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Claus Pilgaard, who has managed to become famous by eating hot chilli peppers, took his hot and spicy passion to the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, which is being shut down after 75 years due to budget cuts at DR.

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So it went off with a good start, the members of the orchestra doing their thing with gusto and all

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Claus, who was also the conductor that day, paused the performance halfway to invite the members to spice it up with chillies

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That's when all hell broke loose. You can clearly see the chillies taking effect on the musicians.

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No one was spared, from the guys on the trumpets...

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To the bassoonists, they all felt it

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It was definitely a blazing performance from this maestro

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The chilli was clearly too hot for this violinist to handle...

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Once the performance was over, they all groaned in agony. What an ordeal!

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Watch the 'spicy' performance HERE:

Doesn't this remind you of an episode in "The Simpsons"?

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