Artur Schnabel No Place of Exile

The exiled AustroGerman musician and composer Artur Schnabel was a giant of his time but in Germany today he is nearly forgotten Pianist and Schnabel devotee Markus Pawlik in collaboration with baritone Dietrich Henschel and the Szymanowski String Quartet brings Artur Schnabels greatest compositions back to Berlin with a filmed commemorative concert Along the way Pawlik visits the places landscapes and history that shaped Schnabels life and music Artur Schnabel No Place of Exile rediscovers an essential artist displaced by the catastrophe of the two World Wars and the Holocaust and inspired by the possibilities of modernism