Piano Forum

i've been practicing piano regularly as an adult (37 years old) with a great teacher for 3 years now. My teacher and i work through repitiore, technique (hannon/ czerny), some sight reading excersises, ear training etc. Shes a violist in my local orchestra.
She usually assigns me some measures of 3-4 pieces a week + encourages me to work on a personally chosen piece, and we'll work through that over time as well.

shes having me go through john thompsons grade 2 book rn, and rcm grade 2. That said, i've never performed a piece for anyone. I've asked her if it would be good to train for a performance, She says she's thinking about incorporating live recitals, but hasn't yet. She also has ensured me performance training is vastly different than training for our practice sessions, and it requires a different skill set.

should performing for an audience be a necessesary part of my journey or right now as a 2-3 year learner should it not be necessary?

shes a great teacher and really our sessions are great, but am i missing something as a learner by not performing any of these pieces?