Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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We carefully construct inner hearing, inner singing, harmony, musical speech, phrasing and form...but eventually expression requires a different relationship to all of that. Rather than consciously executing what has been prepared, the pianist begins to listen and respond to what is unfolding inwardly.

I’m Emma Leiuman, a classical pianist and pedagogue exploring the relationship between inner hearing, musical intention, movement, and piano performance.

00:00 How should I express this?
02:26 What happens when I listen inwardly?

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