Bernie Katzman: 71-year-old pianist's live stream reaches over 60,000 viewers at one time

Thousands quickly fell for the internet sensation known as pianoimproman

The livestream of a 71-year-old man playing request from the internet attracted over 60,000 viewers at one stage last night.

Bernie Katzman, known as pianoimproman, climbed to the top of Reddit with his endless enthusiasm for playing commenters' requests.

Off the back of last night's success, Mr Katzman is planning on returning to the airwaves at 1pm Central Time (7pm GMT), which can be viewed here:

Watch live video from pianoimproman on www.twitch.tv

While Bernie plays his wife Mindy can be heard running the chat forum and generally adding to the quaintness of the whole spectacle.

Dancing between genres and sometimes both his pianos, viewers have been paying tribute to the pianist online as well as shouting along to his music in the comments.

Comment from discussion 71 year old improv piano streamer gets 17k+ viewers and plays everyones requests.

Another bravado performance is expected tonight from both Bernie and his very vocal following.