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This article is from the Piano Playing from Memory FAQ, by Isako Hoshino rmmpfaq@yahoo.com with numerous contributions by others.

3.2) The role of listening (Piano Playing from Memory)

If a recording or live performance is available, I think it may be
useful to start out by just listening to the piece. A mental idea
of what the piece ought to sound like will be needed to shape the
sounds produced by physical activity into a musical
interpretation. This musical idea will of course evolve, even on
the fly.

(Some people caution against listening too much to a piece before
learning to play it, believing that to do so may influence you to
adopt the interpretation you hear, thereby hindering the
development of one your own. This question has come up on
r.m.m.p. According to most who addressed it, no such harm will
come from listening.)

 

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