The best musicians have special powers of listening, as pianist András Schiff demonstrated in a masterclass last week How can you tell if someone is listening? I mean really listening. Not semi-listening while they work out what to say next. Not mind-made-up listening. Not with their ears in the room but their thoughts on lunch. But genuine, in-the-moment, every-sense-primed, cold-bloodedly objective listening. What does it look like? After all, surely, to be a musician this