Leonard Bernstein

Biography

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personalities of the 20th century. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history".

Known For

Self

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

dirigent

Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli

himself

West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein

Himself

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

Himself

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax

Himself

The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics

Himself

The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity

Himself

The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis

Himself

The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth

Self / Conductor

Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story

Self

Leonard Bernstein: Reflections

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Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach

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Debussy, Images pour orchestre

Satchmo the Great

Himself

Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives

Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music

Himself

Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

The Creative Performer

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Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

Self - Conductor

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Self - conductor

Mozart: Requiem

Self

Tanglewood: A Place for Music

Self

Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self

Night of 100 Stars II

Bernstein | Mahler Lieder

Conductor

Beethoven Fidelio

Director

Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein

Self (archive footage)

Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

Self

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Self - Interviewee

Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti

Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky

Commentator

Candide

Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts

Self (archive footage)

Karajan—Schönheit wie ich sie sehe

Self (archive footage)

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9

Himself

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5

Himself

Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2

Himself

Bernstein Brahms Symphonies

Conductor

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

Self - Conductor

Rostropovich Life & Art

Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6

Self - Conductor

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal

Self - Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

Self - Conductor

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

Self

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

Conductor

Brahms The Piano Concertos

Self

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein

Self - Conductor

Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5

Conductor

Bernstein Beethoven Overtures

Ode An Die Freiheit

Self / Narrator

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Self / Conductor

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

Self / Conductor

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2

Self / Conductor / Pianist

Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major

Self (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Himself

Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life

Self - Conductor

Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann

Self (archival footage)

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Self (archival footage)

Glenn Gould: Extasis

Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal

Self (conductor and commentator)

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

Self (archive footage)

Bernstein's Wall

self

Leonard Bernstein: Das zerrissene Genie

Self (archive footage)

Beatles '64

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

self

Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades

Self - Conductor

Bernstein in Japan

Self - Conductor

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius

Conductor

Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli

Conductor

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

Conductor

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5

Conductor

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7

Conductor

Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture

Conductor

Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem

Conductor

Bernstein conducts Bernstein

Conductor

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

Conductor

Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Known Credits

81

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-08-25

Place of Birth

Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Louis Bernstein