Born 100 years ago on Aug. 25, 1918, Bernstein was a larger-than-life character — on stage as a conductor, at the piano as a composer, on TV as an educator and in a sometimes tangled personal life.

Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in “Maestro.” To prepare for the role he became a regular at the New York Philharmonic, attending concerts and rehearsals, sitting in the conductor’s box ...

Director and star Bradley Cooper tells the story of Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia (Carey Mulligan), with electric, sometimes scattershot verve.

Are you interested in learning more about Leonard Bernstein? We have assembled some of our favorite performances of the great composer’s work.

Leonard Bernstein’s way with orchestras that wouldn’t give him what he wanted was usually imploring, even beseeching. He was disappointed—the musicians were not so much failing him, the ...

Watch an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from ‘Maestro,’ featuring Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein conducting Mahler’s second symphony at Ely Cathedral.

Following this week’s release of the first teaser trailer for Maestro, which stars Bradley Cooper as renowned composer Leonard Bernstein, a social media backlash quickly formed over Cooper’s ...

Watch Bradley Cooper conduct a cinematic symphony as Leonard Bernstein in new Maestro trailer The film will release in select theaters in November before its Netflix debut on Dec. 20.

The Real History Behind Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre’s Marriage in ‘Maestro’ The Bradley Cooper-led film is a dramatization of the storied composer and conductor’s complex ...

Some time in the early ’70s, a friend was on his way to visit Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia at their New York City apartment in the Dakota. When he got out of the elevator, he was surprised ...

As Germany took its first bold steps towards reunification, Leonard Bernstein conducted a blistering Beethoven symphony in celebration of an extraordinary moment in world, and music, history.

Leonard Bernstein's family is speaking out, defending Bradley Cooper's choice to wear a prosthetic nose in Maestro.