Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence ... He devoted several televised "Young People's Concerts" to Copland, and gave the premiere of Copland's "Connotations," commissioned for the opening of ...

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 ... s Young People’s Concerts, which ...

Thousands of events are featured as a part of #Bernsteinat100, including “Leonard Bernstein ... For the Feb. 28, 1961 Young People’s Concert, Bernstein captivated his audience with the ...

"It goes wherever it's going" Leonard Bernstein became the most famous conductor ... he introduced a generation to classical music with televised lectures with the NBC Symphony and 53 Young People's ...

Leonard – or 'Lenny' – Bernstein was an American composer, conductor and pianist who had a long and varied musical career. When he was very young, Bernstein first heard someone playing a piano ...

In concerts and books, on radio and television, Bernstein was the supreme communicator and the Young People’s Concerts he presented ... ‘Be careful,’ his father warned. ‘Leonard Bernstein is gay.’ The ...

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 ...