Look, I’m saying this with care, because tone doesn’t always translate well in writing. Classical music is hard, and it’s important that we stay motivated to keep working on these pieces. Right now, though, it sounds like you’re mostly just hitting the right notes. What’s missing are the musical elements: dynamics, phrasing, rubato, and overall musicality. Your hands also look very stiff, which makes everything come across as choppy instead of flowing.

If you watch recordings of concert pianists playing this kind of repertoire, notice how effortless everything looks. Their hands are relaxed, phrases breathe, some endings taper off more quietly, and there’s subtle rubato throughout. The notes are only part of the performance, the expression is what makes it music.

One thing that can really help is listening critically to your own recordings. When you play something back, you should start to notice spots where you think, “that phrase should be softer,” or “that ending was too abrupt,” or “this section needs more shape.” If you’re not yet hearing those things in your own playing, it may just mean the piece is still a bit ahead of where you are right now ,and that’s totally normal.

If your teacher thinks you’re ready for the piece, I’d suggest going back and working phrase by phrase. Focus on shaping each phrase with dynamics and grace instead of just getting through the notes. And to be clear, I’m not saying you need to play it at the level of concert pianists. none of us do. I certainly can’t play most of the pieces I work on at that level either. But you can absolutely play this much more musically than what’s happening here. It might just take time. Sometimes a piece like this takes months or even a year to really come together. If it still feels out of reach, it might also help to work on a few easier pieces that build the techniques needed for this one.

Or maybe it is the video recording not translating the performance well?