The Foundation

Sharing the Schnabel Family’s Musical Heritage

History

Following Therese Behr Schnabel’s and Artur Schnabel’s death, their son Karl Ulrich Schnabel was in charge of his parents’ musical heritage. From 1997 on, Karl Ulrich Schnabel’s daughter Ann, together with her husband François Mottier and son Claude Mottier, have been representing the Schnabel family musicians.

It was Claude’s devotion to music and his heritage, and his untimely demise in 2002 that have inspired Ann and François to create the Schnabel Music Foundation as a means for sharing the Schnabel musical legacy with the world.

Britta Matterne, musicologist and editor of Artur and Therese Schnabel’s correspondence, joined the team in 2014 and is in charge of the Foundation’s production.

Mary Virginia Foreman, a life long admirer of Artur Schnabel, initially joined the Schnabel Music Foundation through generous ongoing funding.

Schnabel Music Foundation’s Activities

Mission

The Foundation’s purpose is to share the Schnabel family’s musical heritage with the general public. The mission statement established in December of 2002 has remained unchanged since then:

Make all of Artur Schnabel’s compositions available in print
Publish the most important letters and writings of the family’s musicians
Promote publications that feature works by Artur Schnabel
Reissue recordings by Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Helen Schnabel and the Piano Duo Schnabel
Provide information for music researchers and musicologists
Support performances of Artur Schnabel’s compositions
Provide grants for the recording of Artur Schnabel’s compositions

Achievements

More then 20 years have passed since the creation of the Schnabel Music Foundation and almost all specific goals have been reached.

Some examples of Books, CDs and Publications published in cooperation with the Schnabel Music Foundation

Dedications

François and Ann Mottier dedicate their work to the memory of their son, Claude Alain Mottier, and to Mary Virginia Foreman Le Garrec (1908–2012), who dedicated her effort to the memory of Artur Schnabel.

The Team

Directors

Senior Management

Advisers

Paolo Bressan, Conductor, Founder of Jugendsinfonieorchester Schwerin, Co-founder and Artistic Director of LacMus Festival, Lake Como, Italy, presently based in Dallas, TX, USA
Mary Lou Chayes, Pianist and Producer of Schnabel Documentary, Director of Love Music Productions, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Paola Colombo, Pianist, Music Professor and Director of Associazione Musicale “G. Rossini”, Director of BAClassica Festival and responsible for Educational and Special Projects of LacMus Festival, Busto Arsizio, Italy
Werner Grünzweig, Musicologist, Director of the Music Archives, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Jenny Lin, Pianist, Steinway Artist, Director of Music, Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., USA
Louis Lortie, Pianist of international renown, Co-founder and Artistic Director of LacMus Festival, Lake Como, Italy
Giovanni Mazzucchelli, Violinist, Marketing Manager Classics & Jazz Universal Music Italia, President of Associazione Musicale G. Rossini, Vice President Associazione Ars Aeterna, Busto Arsizio, Italy
Peter Mischung, Director of Wolke Verlag, Publisher of Music Books, Hofheim, Germany
Todd Vunderink, Peermusic Classical, Music Publisher, New York, NY, USA

Past Advisers

Charles Dubin, Film and Television Director, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Allan Evans, Senior Management: Project Coordinator, Arbiter of Cultural Traditions, Professor at The New School for Music, New York, NY, USA
David Goldberger, Professor Mannes School of Music, New York, NY, USA
Lincoln Mayorga, Pianist, Composer, Conductor, Founder of Audiophile Recording Labels Sheffield Lab (CA) and TownHall Records (NY), Chatham, NY, USA
George McGuire, Composer, Engraver. Was our first and most influential adviser for music publications. Was enthusiastic champion for Artur Schnabel’s compositions until his untimely death