2008年底,美国Lawrence A. Johnson在“南佛罗里达经典评论”里的“年度经典评论”,评出了2008十佳表演,郎朗入选,评语如下:“The superstar Chinese pianist showed he is more than a pyrotechnical whiz-kid with his finely calibrated Debussy and Chopin in a belated Miami debut in March.”(中国的这位超级明星钢琴家,在三月晚些时候迈阿密的首演中,用他美好精细的德彪西、肖邦演奏,证明自己远非昙花一现的彗星)。
另一家媒体把李云迪列为5个最差榜首,《明星》撰稿人John Terauds 在《2008:经典音乐年》以“一个甜蜜透顶的年份几个不谐和注记”为题。点评了5个最差音乐人,按照烦人顺序,李云迪名列榜首:
5 WORST
In order of annoyance:
Chinese pianist Yundi Li at Roy Thomson Hall. Mar. 18. How could someone sound so good on disc and so awful live? He played as if he couldn’t decide which he hated more: his audience or the composer. I left at intermission and enjoyed the second half of a sublime performance by Music Toronto pianist Simon Trpceski at the Jane Mallett Theatre( 5.18在Roy Thomson 音乐厅,中国钢琴家李云迪,谁能像他CD里面的音乐相当好而现场却相当糟糕可怕?他演奏好像是难以决定恨谁多一点:他的听众还是作曲家。中间休息时我离开去享受了半场令人赞叹的表演---音乐多伦多钢琴家Simon Trpceski 在Jane Mallett 剧院的演奏。)