It’s now leaked out that the inaugural musical offerings of Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Gabriela Montero, and Anthony McGill were pre-recorded. What you heard was, in effect, the equivalent of instrumental lip-synching.
What these musical legends really played, what people sitting there in the stands actually heard, sounds remarkably similar to a roomful of cats being tortured.
NOTE: We condemn the torture of cats, but we are also condemn this god-awful screeching produced by musicians who are considered to be among the world’s best.
Prepare yourself. It’s not pretty.
This post was last modified on February 21, 2009
