Artur Schnabel

This is not a Beethoven B flat, announced the renowned pianist Artur Schnabel.

When Two Makes Perfect Byron Janis 2011

"I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed," said the classical pianist Artur Schnabel.

Getting 'Follies' Right Terry Teachout 2011

The classical pianist Artur Schnabel once remarked that he was only interested in performing music that was "better than it can be performed...unless a piece of music presents a problem to me, a never-ending problem, it doesn't interest me too much."

The Snare of Perfectionism: When Artists Aim Too High Terry Teachout 2011

A student of the legendary Artur Schnabel, Mr. Fleisher was among the best of a generation of American talents.

Music's Obi-Wan Kenobi Stuart Isacoff 2010

A quote from Mr. Fleisher's teacher, famed Beethoven expert Artur Schnabel, stated that the difference in Schnabel's solo recitals "is that mine are boring not only in the first half but also in the second."

Schnabel, Pianist Ahead of His Time 2010

All the while, he harbored the hope that one day he would sit down at the keyboard, his fingers would uncurl, and he would once again be able to play the two-handed German repertory by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms, which, for Fleisher, a five-year student of the legendary Artur Schnabel and a "musical son" of the revered conductor George Szell, constitutes the crown jewels of piano literature.

A symphonic life, played with one hand By Mindy Aloff 2010

All the while, he harbored the hope that one day he would sit down at the keyboard, his fingers would uncurl, and he would once again be able to play the two-handed German repertory by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms, which, for Fleisher, a five-year student of the legendary Artur Schnabel and a "musical son" of the revered conductor George Szell, constitutes the crown jewels of piano literature.

A symphonic life, played with one hand By Mindy Aloff 2010

She belongs to a lost generation of performers who exhibited individuality of style, such as Cortot, Magda Tagliaferro, Artur Schnabel, Myra Hess, Vladimir Horowitz and Dinu Lipatti.

Pnina Salzman. 2009

Moreover, with her mother assertively navigating her early career, she received lessons from many other well known Parisian and visiting pianists, among them a session with Artur Schnabel (1882 – 1951).

Pnina Salzman. 2009

But she dropped out of the latter for three years to study in London with piano pedagogue Maria Curcio, pupil of revered Beethoven interpreter Artur Schnabel and teacher of superstars Mitsuko Uchido and Radu Lupu.

At Last, This Classical Pianist 2008