In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.

Leonard Bernstein's childhood piano, given to Brandeis in 2002, usually sits sedately in the Slosberg Music Center lobby. The piano was on loan to "Leonard Bernstein at 100," organized by the Grammy ...

Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He took piano lessons as a boy and attended the Garrison and Boston Latin Schools. At Harvard University, he studied with Walter Piston, Edward ...

Leonard Bernstein needs to ... The scene is part of Peter Danish’s new play Last Call, about a chance 1988 encounter between ...

For much of the 20th century, the world of classical conducting was dominated by two figures: Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein ... in 1989; Bernstein in 1990). The play is based on ...

Leonard – or 'Lenny' – Bernstein was an American composer ... When he was very young, Bernstein first heard someone playing a piano and he was captivated immediately. He decided he wanted ...

"It goes wherever it's going" Leonard Bernstein became the most famous conductor in America ... the first performance of his song cycle "I Hate Music," partying and playing piano until dawn. At 9 a.m.

‘One-man bridge’ would be an appropriate description for Bernstein. Like no other musician of his ... wrote complex symphonies and 12-tone music but who was equally happy playing piano and writing ...

Leonard – or 'Lenny' – Bernstein was an American composer ... When he was very young, Bernstein first heard someone playing a piano and he was captivated immediately. He decided he wanted ...