Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel was an Austrian-American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected and important pianists, his playing displayed marked vitality, profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics, particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert.

17 April 1882

Born on the same birth day (17 April): Chad Hedrick • Claire Sweeney • Dnyaneshwar Agashe • Edmonde Charles-Roux • Gilles Lamontagne • Jason White (rugby union) • Josif Pančić • Marta Eggerth • Michael Sembello • Sirimavo Bandaranaike • Thomas Hazlehurst (chapel builder) • Ursula Ledóchowska

Born in the same month (April 1882): Albert Coates (musician) • Auguste Herbin • Bert Ironmonger • Frederick Francis IV • Getúlio Vargas • Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman • Holland Smith • Hugh Dowding • Isaac Babalola Akinyele • Jessie R. Fauset • Kurt von Schleicher • Leopold Stokowski • Moritz Schlick • Natalia Sedova • Otz Tollen • Philippe Desranleau • Song Jiaoren