Kovtoniuk V. M. Pletnev’s style of musical creativity

Since 1978, when Mikhail Pletnev won the Tchaikovsky Competition, music critics have been constantly monitoring the artist's work. M. Pletnev's performing style fascinates young musicians, and his interpretive versions of works by composers of different epochs are recognized as reference, such that change the public perception of long-familiar music. The work of this outstanding musician went beyond "personal in art" and has reached the level of generalization of cultural experience of the era: it is amazingly intertwined best achievements of the past and the latest trends of the present. However, brilliant pianism is only one component of the creative self- expression of the artist who is actively engaged in conducting and composing, which testifies to the universalism of M. Pletnev's personality. Recalling pianists of past eras – F. Liszt, A. Rubinstein, H. von Bülow – we find subtle connections that still nourish the romantic essence of musical art: going beyond narrow specialization (combination of pianistic activity, conducting and composing), interest in genre of transcription, repertoire preferences, choice of a certain artistic role. At the same time, M. Pletnev's work is the quintessence of the latest trends in musical art, with his emphasized simplicity of expression, emotional “detachment” from the listener, the desire to reproduce the author's musical text as accurately as possible. All this together makes the figure of M. Pletnev significant.