Helen Schnabel was an American pianist, born Helen Vogel in New York City on July 22, 1911. A child prodigy, she studied in New York with Manfred Malkin and then at the Juilliard School with Alexander Siloti. She made her Carnegie Hall debut at the age of nine.
After completing her studies, with more than a decade of concert experience behind her, Vogel went to Italy. From 1934 to 1938, she continued her musical training with Arthur Schnabel. In 1939, she returned to the United States with his son, pianist Karl Ulrich Schnabel. They married and performed as a piano duo.
From 1948, Schnabel took part in annual summer master classes in Italy under the patronage of her father-in-law. Beginning in 1952, she made a series of solo recordings featuring works by Mozart, Weber, Beethoven, Schubert, Bizet, Ravel, and Gian Francesco Malipiero.
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