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Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
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About

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) was an American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator whose career spanned Broadway, the concert hall, and television. He served as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1969, and was the first American-born conductor to lead the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics. His musical West Side Story (1957), written with Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins, remains one of the most performed works in the history of the stage, while his orchestral output - three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, Mass - continues to anchor concert programmes worldwide.

500+
Total recordings (audio and video)
11
Emmy Awards won
53
Televised Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic
400+
Appearances at Carnegie Hall (1943-1990)

What's new

  • 2025-07

    The Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2025 was presented to Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino (Cateen) at a prize concert in Lübeck, Germany.

  • 2025

    West Side Story returned to Dutch theaters, as noted on the official Leonard Bernstein website.

  • 2025

    A new vinyl 'Original Source' release of Bernstein recordings was announced on the official Leonard Bernstein website.

  • 2023-12

    The Netflix biographical film Maestro, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper as Bernstein, began streaming on December 20, 2023, after its theatrical release in November.

  • 2024

    Brandeis University held the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts in April 2024, commemorating the university's 75th anniversary and honoring Bernstein's legacy as its founding festival creator.

Tracks

West Side Story1957 Broadway musical, one of the most performed stage works in history; adapted into two major films
Chichester Psalms1965 choral work for countertenor, chorus and orchestra, a staple of the choral repertoire
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story1960 orchestral suite, regularly performed by major orchestras worldwide
Candide1956 comic operetta, celebrated for its overture which became a concert favourite
Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety'1949 symphony for piano and orchestra, inspired by W.H. Auden's poem

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