Classical musicians do not need creativity. Let's Discuss.

Rather than attacking classical musicians and saying that classical musicians are not creative people, which is a claim specific to the musician in question, I feel this title is far more appropriate and less triggering. As a lover of many kinds of music and a player of no instrument (though I like to think I sing pretty good in the shower and I can whistle with the best of them), I've been thinking about picking one up. I know many classical musicians and from what I understand of what is required of a classical musician, creativity is seldom in demand. Unless you're a conductor, soloist or a proper composer, the majority of classical musicians are expected to play with technique and in accordance with an interpretation, with a good deal of the required emotion. If you're good at that, you're a good classical musician. Now, I'm not gonna mention jazz because what is jazz even. But it seems to me that classical music, especially now, does not demand creativity of its musicians. And classical musicians are becoming more and more obsessed with classical music as a skill, in terms of technique and executing brilliant and difficult moves, rather than exploring the music more deeply. And that kind of diminishes classical music as an art.

Remember, many creative minds among us have been and remain classical musicians. But that is more a feature of their personal development and artistic intent than a result of their endless hours of practice.