"It goes wherever it's going" Leonard Bernstein became the most famous conductor in America at the age of 25, on five hours' notice and even less sleep. On Nov. 13, 1943, Bernstein was celebrating the ...

As publicly as circumstances have allowed over the last twenty-nine years—and for the last fourteen of them that has been very publicly indeed—Leonard ... as Bernstein’s love for music ...

Leonard Bernstein was born in ... In 1945, he was appointed Music Director of the New York City Symphony Orchestra, a post he held until 1947. After Serge Koussevitzky died in 1951, Bernstein headed ...

Maestro' is the movie — and man — on many people's lips, thanks to the awards buzz around Bradley Cooper's biopic of the legendary American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.

Leonard Bernstein ... give televised lectures on music, introducing audiences to subjects from Beethoven to Bach, jazz to musical comedy. Throughout his life Bernstein wrote short pieces ...

Granted, many in attendance were avowed fans of Bernstein, Cooper and classical music. Still, most were well read on the details of the nose controversy and decidedly over it. “I thought it was ...

Thousands of events are featured as a part of #Bernsteinat100, including “Leonard Bernstein ... man who wanted to do it all,” from music to education to social activism.

Leonard – or 'Lenny' – Bernstein ... guaranteed to make you want to move… which is exactly what Bernstein wanted. For him, music wasn't about writing or reading notes on a page, but instead ...

Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) was one of the great artists of the 20th century. A renowned composer, conductor and teacher, he served on the Brandeis University Department of Music faculty from 1951-56 ...

‘One-man bridge’ would be an appropriate description for Bernstein. Like no other musician of his age, he was able to straddle the extremes of the musical world – an intellectual, a composer who wrote ...