Karl Ulrich Schnabel | |
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| Born | 6 August 1909 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 27 August 2001 (aged 92) Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Citizenship | Austrian |
| Alma mater | Berlin Hochschule für Musik |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, Professor |
| Employer | Manhattan School of Music (1985-2000) |
| Spouse | Helen Fogel |
| Children | Ann |
| Parent(s) | Artur Schnabel and Therese Behr |
| Relatives | Stefan Schnabel (brother) |
Karl Ulrich Schnabel (August 6, 1909 – August 27, 2001) was an Austrian pianist. Schnabel was the son of pianist Artur Schnabel and operatic contralto and lieder singer Therese Behr and elder brother of the American actor Stefan Schnabel. An internationally celebrated teacher of the piano, his students include, among others, Leon Fleisher, Claude Frank, Richard Goode, Kwong-Kwong Ma, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Jon Nakamatsu, Murray Perahia, and Peter Serkin.
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 You may listen to Karl Ulrich Schnabel and his father Artur Schnabel performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K. 365 with Adrian Boult conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in 1936 here on archive.org |