Leonard Bernstein

Personal Info

Birthday

August 25, 1918

Day of Death

1990-10-14

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Louis Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

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

The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein

Candide

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli

Brahms The Piano Concertos

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

Filmography

2024
Beatles '64
as Self (archive footage)
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
as Self (Archive Footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Bernstein's Wall
as Self (archive footage)
2018
West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein
as himself
Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided
as self
2016
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
as Self
Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life
as Himself
2013
Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades
as self
2012
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius
as Self - Conductor
Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli
as Conductor
2010
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
as Conductor
2009
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
as Conductor
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
as Self (archival footage)
2008
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
as Conductor
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
as Conductor
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
as Conductor
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
as Conductor
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
as Self (archive footage)
Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
as Conductor
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
as Conductor
2007
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
as Himself
Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann
as Self - Conductor
Rostropovich Life & Art
as Self - Conductor
Mozart: Requiem
as Self - conductor
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
as Himself
2006
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
as Conductor
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
as Conductor
2005
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
as Conductor
1998
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
as (archival footage)
1993
Glenn Gould: Extasis
as Self (archival footage)
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
as Self (archive footage)
1992
Bernstein in Japan
as Self - Conductor
1991
Candide
as Commentator
Debussy, Images pour orchestre
as dirigent
1989
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
as Self - Conductor
1985
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
as Self
Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor
as Self
Tanglewood: A Place for Music
as Self
The Making Of West Side Story
as Self / Conductor
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1984
Brahms The Piano Concertos
as Conductor
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
as Himself
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
as dirigent
1983
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
as Self - Conductor
1979
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
as Himself
1978
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
as Conductor
Beethoven Fidelio
as Conductor
Leonard Bernstein: Reflections
as Self
1977
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
as dirigent
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
as Self / Conductor
1976
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
as Conductor
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
as Self - Conductor
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
as Himself
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
as Himself
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
as Himself
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
as Himself
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
as Himself
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
as Himself
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
as Himself
1975
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
as Self
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
as Self - Conductor
1973
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
as Self - Conductor
1972
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
as Self (conductor and commentator)
1970
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
as Self / Narrator
Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major
as Self / Conductor / Pianist
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
as Self / Conductor
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1966
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
as Self - Interviewee