As a non-musician, you don't really know what complexity sounds like and what is or isn't difficult to play. A guitarist can play a flurry of notes that looks ridiculously difficult to a lay person, but that a musician will immediately spot as a cheap trick; conversely, there are all sorts of incredibly subtle and difficult things that go completely un-noticed by 99% of the audience, but have a huge impact on the performance. You know what you like, but you don't have the training to know what's actually difficult.
I'd wager that you like a lot of very complex and difficult music without realising it. Bach was, in his day, a highly experimental composer who pushed the limits of music technology (e.g. The Well-Tempered Clavier) and is still regarded as one of the most sophisticated composers of all time. The Goldberg Variations involve some immensely difficult passages; the Chaccone from his Partitia in D Minor would have most violinists quaking in their boots.
Technical skill isn't a virtue in itself, but it's essential if your job is literally playing whatever is put in front of you, no questions asked.
I'd wager that you like a lot of very complex and difficult music without realising it. Bach was, in his day, a highly experimental composer who pushed the limits of music technology (e.g. The Well-Tempered Clavier) and is still regarded as one of the most sophisticated composers of all time. The Goldberg Variations involve some immensely difficult passages; the Chaccone from his Partitia in D Minor would have most violinists quaking in their boots.
Technical skill isn't a virtue in itself, but it's essential if your job is literally playing whatever is put in front of you, no questions asked.