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>I'm not >>147 but I think は is as the topic here, and used like を. It's not incorrect, just really formal, distant sounding.

The problem isn't with は, per se, it's with the fact that 上手 is an ordinary noun, and it's not possible to "hear good". You "hear of good". (compare this with the also-mentioned 「話は伺っております」, where you can easily say "I heard what was being discussed, I know what is going on, etc"). Try looking up "お上手は" on google with quotes, and see how many results you get, and what kind of thing they are. It's really not done.