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 “see a man about a horse.” After excusing himself from a confrontational meeting with his bête noire, Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, a genius who joined ...

(JTA) — From his birthplace in Boston to New York, Berlin, South Africa, China and Israel, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), the larger-than-life conductor, pianist, composer, educator and bon ...

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.

EPIC Concerts will mix things up when clarinetist Sergei Vassiliev and pianist Andrew Staupe perform “Clarinet Sonata,” the debut work by Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer, conductor and ...

In 2018, Brandeis celebrated the centennial birthday of acclaimed American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, a Brandeis faculty member and a supporter of the University from its earliest days.

Leonard Bernstein – or Lenny as he was affectionately known – was born ‘Louis Bernstein’ in Massachusetts in 1918. His family weren’t particularly musical so it wasn’t until an ...

Based on a real-life meeting between two musical greats, the Jewish maestro confronts his adversary, conductor and former Nazi Herbert von Karajan, in off-Broadway’s “Last Call.” For much of ...

It’s here. It’s happening! Stay tuned for more information on the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts, running from April 23-29, 2025. The Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts celebrates ...