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yes.  but try to prove it to someone who thinks otherwise.  the exciting thing is that if you believe it - it is true for you.  so enjoy the hours of practice.  i happen to love mozart. 

i heard annie fischer? play (oh what was it?) some kind of variations for orchestra and piano.  it was sooo beautiful.  but, at the opening theme - she played super slow and didn't match the orchestral tempi.  i thought - what kind of a player is she?  then, the next one she perfectly matched the tempo and it was such a surprising contrast that i thought 'aha' - mozart is aLL about contrast and reflection.  he's a consummate artist/composer and always will be in my mind.  perhaps mozart had that very interpretation in mind.  but, i am a sort of 'keep the tempo straight' person.  so, to my teacher i play a sort of bland version of mozart.  now, him, being a romantic classicist instead of a classic romanticist - he would probably have not thought twice about what fischer did.  the effect was there. 

mozart was quite a personality - so i wouldn't doubt if he were alive today - he'd sorta spark up the interpretations.  it's been very hard for me to want to put alot of momentus drive into some parts of the fantasy - but overall - i think my perception of mozart has changed from careful composer - to risk taker and peruser of considering all the options in interpreting mozart.   (but, when i'm seriously playing - i think of myself as a preserver of tradition.  i don't play repeats differently from each other).