Leonard Bernstein
conductor, composer, pianist

Leonard Bernstein

  • August 25, 1918 Lawrence (USA) - October 14, 1990 New York (USA)

Biography

Leonard Bernstein, the polymorphous musician

It is difficult to categorise Leonard Bernstein: pianist, composer, teacher or conductor. This prodigious musician was born into a family of Russian Jewish immigrants where music was an all-consuming and omnipresent passion. After studying at the Boston Latin School, the New England Conservatory of Music, Harvard and the Curtis Institute, the young Bernstein was noted and encouraged by great masters such as Mitropoulos and Koussevitzki. In 1943, while holding the post of assistant conductor to Artur Rodzinski’s at the New-York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernstein was noticed for standing in for Bruno Walter at the last minute. The lightning speed with which Bernstein’s notoriety spread propelled him to conduct the greatest orchestras in the world. A committed artist, he performed with the Palestine Orchestra in the Holy Land and similarly, with the Wiener Philharmoniker, he would switch from works belonging to the great repertoire to first performances of Olivier Messiaen, Francis Poulenc and Hans Werner Henze.

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Teddy Abrams conducts Bernstein, Barnes, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky
Teddy Abrams conducts Bernstein, Barnes, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky

NYO2 in Dallas: Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

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Antonio Pappano conducts Sibelius, Bernstein and Nielsen — With Janine Jansen
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Cécile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner in Nantes
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The Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
The Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

With Yo-Yo Ma, John Williams, Midori, Thomas Ha...

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Sheila Jordan in Zurich
Sheila Jordan in Zurich

moods Jazz Association 2017

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We'll Meet Again — The Sound of Nostalgia on Film
We'll Meet Again — The Sound of Nostalgia on Film

Danish National Vocal Ensemble

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Cecilia Bartoli and Friends
Cecilia Bartoli and Friends

A season in the life of one of the world's favo...

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Bernstein pays tribute to Stravinsky — With Michel Béroff
Bernstein pays tribute to Stravinsky — With Michel Béroff

The Historic Stravinsky Memorial Concert, April...

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Kurt Masur Anniversary Gala: In celebration of Kurt Masur's 80th Birthday
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Bernstein and Gershwin — With Wayne Marshall
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Sarah Vaughan and Trio Play Jazz from Newport (Part II)
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Nina Simone Live in Paris (Part I)
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David Grimal and Les Dissonances perform Bartók and Bernstein
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations
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Master Class with Thomas Hampson
Master Class with Thomas Hampson

2013 Manhattan School of Music

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Bernstein conducts Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Sibelius's Symphony No. 5
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Lorin Maazel and The New York Philharmonic: The Pyongyang Concert
Lorin Maazel and The New York Philharmonic: The Pyongyang Concert

Wagner, Dvořák, Gershwin, Bizet, Bernstein

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Bernstein conducts Milhaud's La création du monde and Le Bœuf sur le toit
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Berlioz's Harold en Italie – With Donald McInnes
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Schumann's Cello Concerto – With Mstislav Rostropovich
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Bernstein conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
Bernstein conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

Orchestre National de France

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Valery Gergiev conducts Shchedrin and Rimsky-Korsakov
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"Je Sais Pas Vous"
"Je Sais Pas Vous"

26 three-minute sketches about the classics

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