PROBLEMS OF THE INTERPRETATIVE TREATMENT OF F. SHOPIN’S WORKS ON THE EXAMPLE OF BALLAD NO.1, OP. 23

In this article, on the basis of the method of comparative analysis, the author examines the phenomenon of piano interpretation, touching upon the issues of performing interpretation using examples of the treatment of F. Chopin’s Ballad No.1 by three of the greatest contemporary pianists – A. Rubinstein, K. Zimerman and S. Neuhaus. The variability of perception of this work in their interpretations once again raises the problem of objectivity and subjectivity of performance, the degree of freedom of the performer. The interpretative and stylistic contrast of interpretation presented in the work allows us to consider some of the features of the evolution of piano traditions in the 20th century.