Person
Leonard Bernstein
Sound · 1918–1990 · Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
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
Great Performances
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Recipient
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Bambi
Self
Omnibus
1952
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Das Sonntagskonzert
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Startime
Self
West Side Story
Songs
Filmography
- 2025West Side StoryMusical
- 2025The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in musicOriginal Music Composer
- 2025OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro TavernaOriginal Music Composer
- 2024The Three Tenors - Birth of a LegendOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of MoviesCompositor
- 2024Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in ParisCompositor
- 2024Beatles '64Self (archive footage)
- 2024Beethoven's Nine: Ode to HumanitySelf (archive footage)
- 2024P-FACTOR Piano Musical DuelsOriginal Music Composer
- 2023New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane DenèveOriginal Music Composer
- 2023MaestroMusic
- 2023The Only Girl in the OrchestraSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023Music
- 2023CandideLyricist
- 2023Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the AcadémieOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesSelf (archive footage)
- 2022OSN: Il ballo al Cinema con John AxelrodOriginal Music Composer
- 2021West Side StorySongs
- 2021Bernstein's WallSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Chita: A Legendary CelebrationSongs
- 2020Leonard Bernstein MassMusic
- 2018Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2Original Music Composer
- 2018BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the TownOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Trouble in TahitiMusic
- 2018West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernsteinhimself
- 2018New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on BroadwayMusic
- 2018Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Dividedself
- 2018Wonderful TownMusic
- 2017JFK: The Lost Inaugural GalaSelf
- 2017The Swingles con l'Orchestra RaiOriginal Music Composer
- 2016West Side Stories: The Making of a ClassicSelf
- 2016Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than LifeHimself
- 2014Copland, BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decadesself
- 2012Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & SibeliusSelf - Conductor
- 2012Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore BelliConductor
- 2010Bernstein's Mahler
- 2010Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener PhilharmonikerConductor
- 2009Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)Conductor
- 2009Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn GouldSelf (archival footage)
- 2008Bernstein conducts BernsteinConductor
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5Conductor
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7Conductor
- 2008Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard BernsteinConductor
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9
- 2008Karajan: Beauty As I See ItSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1Conductor
- 2008Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred OvertureConductor
- 2007Beethoven: The Piano ConcertosMusic Director
- 2007Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2Himself
- 2007Cello Concertos Haydn and SchumannSelf - Conductor
- 2007CandideMusic
- 2007Rostropovich Life & ArtSelf - Conductor
- 2007Mozart: RequiemSelf - conductor
- 2007Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5Himself
- 2006Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate JubilateConductor
- 2006Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz RequiemConductor
- 2006Bernstein in London: Verdi RequiemConductor
- 2006Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts
- 2005Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der ErdeConductor
- 2005CandideLyricist
- 200420th Century GreatsSelf (archive footage)
- 2004Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican CityWriter
- 2003Leonard Bernstein: CandideMusic
- 2002Wonderful TownMusic
- 2001Contender: Mastering the MethodMusic
- 2001Trouble in TahitiWriter
- 1998Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note(archival footage)
- 1993Glenn Gould: ExtasisSelf (archival footage)
- 1993Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
- 1993On the TownMusic
- 1993The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the PastSelf (archive footage)
- 1992Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky
- 1992Bernstein in JapanSelf - Conductor
- 1991CandideCommentator
- 1991Debussy, Images pour orchestredirigent
- 1989Ode to FreedomSelf / Conductor
- 1989Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - CandideSelf - Conductor
- 1989Clive James' Postcard fromSelf
- 1988CandideMusic
- 1988Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal
- 1986CandideWriter
- 1986A Quiet PlaceMusic
- 1986Beyond PicassoMusic
- 1985The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard BernsteinSelf
- 1985Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductorSelf
- 1985Tanglewood: A Place for MusicSelf
- 1985The Making Of West Side StorySelf / Conductor
- 1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
- 1984Brahms The Piano ConcertosConductor
- 1984Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore bellidirigent
- 1984Bernstein Brahms SymphoniesHimself
- 1983The Metropolitan Opera Centennial GalaSelf - Conductor
- 1982Bernstein/BeethovenSelf
- 1981Leonard Bernstein's MassWriter
- 1981Wagner - Tristan Und IsoldeConductor
- 1979Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…Himself
- 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
- 1978Bernstein Beethoven OverturesConductor
- 1978Beethoven FidelioConductor
- 1978Leonard Bernstein: ReflectionsSelf
- 1977Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bachdirigent
- 1977Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2Self / Conductor
- 1976Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6Conductor
- 1976Bernstein Mahler RehearsalSelf - Conductor
- 1976The Unanswered Question I : Musical PhonologyHimself
- 1976The Unanswered Question II : Musical SyntaxHimself
- 1976The Unanswered Question III : Musical SemanticsHimself
- 1976The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of AmbiguityHimself
- 1976The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century CrisisHimself
- 1976The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of EarthHimself
- 1976The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard BernsteinPresenter
- 1976Bernstein Gerhswin & IvesHimself
- 1975Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8Self
- 1975Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5Self - Conductor
- 1975The Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde by Richard WagnerConductor
- 1973Trouble in TahitiWriter
- 1973Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
- 1973Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3Self - Conductor
- 1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
- 1972Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal IntroductionSelf (conductor and commentator)
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard BernsteinSelf / Narrator
- 1970Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C MajorSelf / Conductor / Pianist
- 1970Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth SymphonySelf / Conductor
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
- 1969Das SonntagskonzertSelf
- 1968Čas slunce a růžíMusic
- 1967Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionSelf
- 1967Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionSelf
- 1966Man of Three Worlds: Luchino ViscontiSelf - Interviewee
- 1961West Side StoryOriginal Music Composer
- 1960The Creative Performer
- 1959StartimeSelf
- 1958Wonderful TownSongs
- 1958New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
- 1957Satchmo the Great
- 1957The LarkOriginal Music Composer
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Recipient
- 1954On the WaterfrontOriginal Music Composer
- 1952Omnibus
- 1949On the TownSongs
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1948BambiSelf
- —Bernstein | Mahler Lieder
- —Mahler Symphony no. 3: BernsteinDirector
- —Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der ErdeSelf (conductor)
- —Joseph Haydn : Die Schopfung - Leonard Bernstein
- —What Makes Music Symphonic? (Young People's Concert No. 4)
- —Concerto Bernstein-GershwinOriginal Music Composer
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