The article artistic interpretation of music is regarded as having a specific structure. Its pattern is revealed in terms of socio-cultural approach, psychology of music perception and cognition, philosophical problems of verbalization of cultural meaning, the theory of playing as a unique creative act. The author found a significant obschehudozhestvennogo and musical experience of the subject in the formation of its interpretive potential, defined specific interpretative analysis of music, which is expressed in the formulation of questions to the composer's text. In general artistic interpretation of the music appears as a cyclical process of individual and personal comprehension of the artistic content of the work.