A team, led by Ye Eun, set up a hidden camera experiment where professors from a music school were tricked into evaluating the performances of "college students" who were actually playing a Yamaha automatic piano remotely controlled by professional pianists. The main performer, Dimitry Shishkin, a renowned Russian pianist, played complex pieces like Chopin's Ballade no.4 and Sonata no.2. The professors were unaware of the setup and provided genuine feedback, praising the performances. Eventually, the truth was revealed, and the professors were surprised and amused by the deception. They enjoyed the experience and acknowledged the creativity and technical skill involved in the experiment.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The TOWMOO team leader is Ye Eun.
2. The team prepared a performance evaluation session with professors from SYAP for music students.
3. One of the pianists, Dimitry Shishkin, is a 28-year-old from Russia.
4. Dimitry Shishkin won second prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition and first prize at the Geneva Competition.
5. Dimitry Shishkin also won the Chopin Competition Final Award and the Tromso World Competition.
6. Dimitry Shishkin was a finalist at the Queen Elizabeth Competition and won third place at the Busoni International Competition.
7. Dimitry Shishkin won second prize at the Venice Julia International Piano Competition.
8. The piano used in the performance was a Yamaha Automatic piano.
9. The performance was recorded in a different room, with the pianists playing remotely.
10. The professors were not aware that the pianists were playing remotely and thought the students were playing the piano.
11. The professors were surprised and impressed by the performances, especially Dimitry Shishkin's.
12. The team revealed the truth about the remote piano performance to the professors at the end.