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I`ve always thought of perfectly playing something is playing it meccanico, like a computer. It doesn`t sound very good, but it lets you know that you can play the piece. Then you can put your personality into it. I`d run away from any performance that was played "perfectly."

yap. I`m all hands on that. And u know what sets each pianists apart? Only 3 things. 1.) Technic 2.) Interpretation and feel. 3.) Style that comes as a product of the above 2. That is what sets all orchestras apart also. Listen to Pachabel`s canon in D instead. Some ensembles will play it twice as fast but some slower. Why? Interpretation and feel. And THAT, sets them a class apart from each other.

No one is going to play a piece exactly like someone else for the sheer reason that no two hands are the same and no two minds are the same. Even though the music instructs the player about time and tempo and expression, it is still open to interpretation in so many ways.