Editing Artur Schnabel (section)

===Berlin years===

Schnabel moved to [[Berlin]] in 1898, making his debut there with a concert at the [[C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik|Bechstein-Saal]].<ref name=musiker/> Following [[World War I]], Schnabel also toured widely, visiting the United States, [[Russia]] and England.

He gained initial fame thanks to orchestral concerts he gave under the conductor [[Arthur Nikisch]] as well as playing in [[chamber music]] and accompanying his future wife, the [[alto|contralto]] [[Therese Behr]], in [[Lied]]er.

In chamber music, he founded the Schnabel Trio with the violinist [[Alfred Wittenberg]] and the cellist [[Anton Hekking]]; they played together between 1902 and 1904. In 1905, he formed a second Schnabel Trio with [[Carl Flesch]] (with whom he also played violin [[sonata]]s) and the cellist [[Jean Gérardy]]. In 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, Gérardy (a Belgian) left the trio as he could no longer remain in Germany. He was replaced by [[Hugo Becker]] and this became the third Schnabel Trio.

Later, Schnabel also played in a quartet with violinist [[Bronisław Huberman]], composer/violist [[Paul Hindemith]] and the cellist [[Gregor Piatigorsky]] (with whom he also played and recorded [[cello]] sonatas). Schnabel also played with a number of other famous musicians including the violinist [[Joseph Szigeti]] and the cellists [[Pablo Casals]] and [[Pierre Fournier]].

He was friends of, and played with, the most distinguished conductors of the day, including [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], [[Bruno Walter]], [[Otto Klemperer]], [[George Szell]], [[Willem Mengelberg]], and [[Adrian Boult]].

From 1925 Schnabel taught at the Berlin State Academy, where his masterclasses brought him great renown. For his piano students, {{See LMST|Artur|Schnabel}}